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Domestic surveillance
The NY Times editorial board asks the right questions re domestic surveillance (emphasis mine): For years, as the federal surveillance state grew into every corner of American society, the highest...
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The Inadequacy of the Obama Administration – Part II
Via Brad DeLong, a memo from David Cutler to Larry Summers on health reform implementation – at the time Cutler was advising Pres. Obama on health economics and Summers was the Director of the National...
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The President’s FY 2014 Budget
Two nice pie charts from the National Priorities Project showing the President’s FY 2014 budget proposal – total spending and discretionary spending Click through the link above to get to the NPP...
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Ezra Klein, Obama’s Management Problem
Brad DeLong sends us to Ezra Klein, Obama’s Management Problem. Klein itemizes the issues. Here are the first four: 1. It’s good that VA Secretary Eric Shinseki resigned. Shinseki is a great...
View ArticleEight criticisms of Pres. Obama
Commenter Richard Genz offers the following criticisms of Pres. Obama on Krugman’s blog: Capitulation to Wall Street as seen in the easy conditions for bailout money. Loyalty to [former Treasury...
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Thought for the Day: 23 September 2014
The Nobel Committee called. They want their Peace Prize back. (Could they do that?) Looking at his list of actions which seem a little short of Peace-Prize-worthy, it’s getting kind of long....
View ArticleThe Inadequacy of the Obama Administration, Part… I’ve Lost Count
From Bob Kuttner, The Politics of Gesture: Among the measures [Pres. Obama proposed which require] legislation is a tax plan that would increase taxes on the wealthiest in order to finance the tuition...
View ArticleBarack Obama: Predictions and Observations
There’s been chatter about Obama’s legacy recently. In particular, the Iran nuke deal (which I think is a good thing) and the Trans-Pacific Partnership (which I do not) have motivated the discussion....
View ArticleObama by the numbers
Commenter Paul from Long Island in response to a Krugman column: Obama by the numbers; 1. Jobs created: 9 million 2. Unemployment rate: 5 percent down from a high of 10 percent in first year 3....
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