Tag Archives: Education

The New York Times: Joseph E. Stiglitz: Inequality is Not Inevitable

New York Times: Opinion: Joseph E. Stiglitz: Inequality is Not Inevitable Source:The New Democrat As I’ve made this point on this blog before comparing the Scandinavian economies with the United States simply does not work. You would be better off … Continue reading

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Constitution Daily: ‘Danielle Allen Traces Equality in the Declaration of Independence’

Source:The New Democrat  Freedom vs. equality which I guess has been an ongoing debate between Progressives and Libertarians perhaps for an indefinite time now. And this whole discussion is really relates to what is called income inequality. And the Progressives … Continue reading

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Brookings Institution: Up Front: Melissa S. Kearney & Benjamin Harris: Fighting Poverty Should be a National Priority

Clinton Initiative on Poverty Brookings Institution: Up Front: Melissa S. Kearney & Benjamin Harris: Fighting Poverty Needs to be a National Policy Priority This blog covers and writes about poverty a lot as it should. But writing about something a … Continue reading

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Slate: Magazine: Reihan Salam: NYC Mayor De Blasio’s Welfare Mistake

Source:The New Democrat I guess the Socialist has arrived in New York City to be their mayor in Bill De Blasio. In saying that people on Welfare there need not to go to work or be actively seeking work to … Continue reading

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The Daily Beast: America is Coming to Terms With its Racial Past

Source:The New Democrat When it comes to reparations for African-Americans I have one which I believe obvious yet important question that comes to mind. Yet even though it is obvious the people who are in the pro-reparations group regardless of … Continue reading

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AlterNet: Robert Reich: American Capitalism is in Crisis

Source:The New Democrat alternet.orgSource: (via Robert Reich: American Capitalism is Broken | Alternet) There are a lot of so-called Progressives in America who are really are what would be called Social Democrats or Socialists in Canada or Europe that argue that … Continue reading

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Economist’s View: Daniel Little: Economic Institution’s & Democratic Equality

Source:The New Democrat The Opportunity Society that New Democrats started talking about in the late 1980s and early 1990s was also designed to counter the Reagan Revolution of the early 1980s. That made government especially big centralized government look like … Continue reading

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The Week: Shikha Dalmia: Affirmative Action is Doomed: Here’s What Progressives Can do About it

Source:The New Democrat  The rhetoric of affirmative action is running out of steam.  The real Roosevelt (Franklin and Theodore) and LBJ Progressives need to step up to the plate and say “We are losing ground badly on this issue and we … Continue reading

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New America Foundation: The Shot: Reniqua Allen: Civil Rights in Present Day

Source:The New Democrat  The 1968 Fair Housing Law was one of the best acts of the civil rights era of the 1960s.  It said that if you serve the public selling and renting homes, the public is the public and … Continue reading

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AEI: James Pethokoukis: The New Marxism

Source:The New Democrat  Winston Churchill famously said, “Democracy is the worst form of government except for all the rest.” This logical form can be applied to other systems as well. It works fairly well in economics, e.g., “Capitalism is the … Continue reading

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