Politics
- The Maddow Blog – If a provocative thesis falls in a forest…
- Meet the Press Rashomon – The Washington Post
- Balloon Juice » Blog Archive » Another big coincidence
- Why I Support President Obama (by the ex-NYC Mayor Ed Koch)
- The Maddow Blog – Cory Booker responds to fallout from ‘Meet the Press’
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Economic & The Economny
- Brad DeLong: Yes, I Am Increasingly Embarrassed by My Profession. Why Do You Ask?
- Robert Reich (How J.P. Morgan Chase Has Made the Case for Breaking Up The Big Banks and Resurrecting Glass-Steagall)
- Robert Reich (The Answer Isn’t Socialism; It’s Capitalism that Better Spreads the Benefits of the Productivity Revolution)
Francois Hollande’s victory doesn’t and shouldn’t mean a movement toward socialism in Europe or elsewhere. Socialism isn’t the answer to the basic problem haunting all rich nations.
The answer is to reform capitalism. The world’s productivity revolution is outpacing the political will of rich societies to fairly distribute its benefits. The result is widening inequality coupled with slow growth and stubbornly high unemployment. (read the rest of this article…)
- Jamie Dimon Shows Some Love for Volcker Rule – NYTimes.com
- Like I Said… | Jared Bernstein | On the Economy
Climate & Climate Politics
- John Abraham Responds To Christopher Monckton At The Yale Forum On Climate Change & The Media | ThinkProgress
- Peter M. J. Hess, Ph.D.: The Titanic, Climate Change and Avoidable Tragedies
- Melancholia: The psychology of climate change awareness | TG Daily
- Ice age study delivers blow to global-warming skeptics – CSMonitor.com