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Politico Magazine: Joseph Stiglitz: The Myth of America’s Golden Age

Source:The New Democrat  I’m getting tired of hearing people who are further left of me people who are Social Democrats let’s say who are constantly putting down America. And saying “Europe is so much better and we should simply just … Continue reading

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The Fiscal Times: Mark Thoma: Are Calls for Wealth Redistribution Based on Envy or Justice?

Source:The New Democrat  Wealth or income redistribution, it depends on how you define it because government at all levels does it all the time everyday. And generally when government redistributes wealth it is noncontroversial. It taxes these people who live … Continue reading

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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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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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