tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50769132011-11-27T18:57:42.328-05:00Thoughts on economic, social, and political issues from a progressive perspective. [NOTE: The views in the blog reflect the thoughts of no other person or entity other than those who post and comment.]Indihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17231259401732323210noreply@blogger.comBlogger471100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076913.post-83824287282299644902008-07-26T22:45:00.002-04:002008-07-26T22:52:50.271-04:00

E.J. Dionne, Jr. documents favorable progress in political engagement among younger Americans. There's not much discussion of the relationship between issue-based activism and partisan political participation, but, given the seemingly high levels of campus advocacy at least, one might expect more responsive political candidates to successfully bring young activists into the electoral fold.

Indihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17231259401732323210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076913.post-14488847158827410002008-06-17T10:13:00.004-04:002008-06-17T10:26:16.954-04:00

When faced with attacks against increased public spending, progressives might consider arguing more forcefully, when the facts fit, that public spending often saves money--both public and private dollars. To ideologues on the right, that may seem counterintuitive or irrelevant, but for most of the rest of us, a persuasive case might be made to support critical public investments.One area where

Indihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17231259401732323210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076913.post-23008400580990705312008-05-30T10:03:00.004-04:002008-05-30T10:09:52.714-04:00

One of the obstacles to turning academic research into sensible policy is the combination of the inability of some policymakers to understand such research and the inability of some researchers to adequately translate their work into plain English. So, I'm going to try to highlight interesting new, policy-relevant research that has been summarized into plain English, or, in some instances,

Indihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17231259401732323210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076913.post-19312823128504324702008-05-23T13:51:00.002-04:002008-05-23T13:52:00.640-04:00

In yesterday's Boston Globe, my friend and former colleague Sean Duggan has concisely laid out a strategic case for beginning to withdraw American forces from Iraq.AS THE DEBATE over supplemental funding for the war in Iraq plays out in Congress, a growing consensus on the need to adopt a policy of "strategic patience" has become accepted wisdom in the national debate. Proponents of this policy

Indihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17231259401732323210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076913.post-28570359441282620742008-05-14T18:22:00.003-04:002008-05-14T18:34:15.403-04:00

I previously posted an entry on why I think Senator Obama would not repudiate race-based affirmative action in favor class-based affirmative (not that there is much good reason to pit these two ideas against each other). Turns out that, at least then, I was right. Of course, things could change.[HT: Maire Daly]

Indihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17231259401732323210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076913.post-66884071887945441542008-03-23T07:26:00.003-04:002008-03-23T07:32:51.389-04:00

In his 2004 Republican nomination acceptance speech, President Bush challenged "the soft bigotry of low expectations" in many public schools. Hopefully he'll challenge the growing trend of relatively lower expectations for the length of life itself among those with lower socioeconomic status:"New government research has found “large and growing” disparities in life expectancy for richer and

Indihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17231259401732323210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076913.post-67321528171834789462008-02-11T23:25:00.001-05:002008-02-25T18:14:32.100-05:00

Rick Kahlenberg has a thoughtful piece in Slate on how Obama could and should repudiate affirmative action based on race, thereby winning over white working-class voters. Rick, among others, seem to believe this is a very real possibility.I've met Rick in passing, read some of his work, and am friends with one of his former research assistants. I disagree with Rick's attempts to pit race

Indihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17231259401732323210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076913.post-37112311637552477222008-01-27T20:23:00.000-05:002008-02-11T23:04:07.933-05:00

Ben Zipperer and John Schmitt of the Center for Economic and Policy Research note that new data from the Bureau Labor Statistics shows a tiny (not necessarily statistically significant) increase in the unionization rate for the first time in a quarter century. (HT: Ezra Klein)

Indihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17231259401732323210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076913.post-26228747821301558272008-01-17T15:37:00.000-05:002008-01-17T19:46:00.188-05:00

Now here [subscription required] is a must-read from Jonathan Cohn of The New Republic, who has hardly been a strong supporter of Sen. Obama. Looking at Sen. Obama's time in the Illinois legislature, Cohn highlights Sen. Obama's commitment to and success in moving Illinois towards universal health coverage, in part by undermining conservative arguments. While Cohn notes that despite Obama's best

Indihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17231259401732323210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076913.post-41535786882276673362008-01-16T22:49:00.001-05:002009-02-13T10:18:37.942-05:00

Recently, my friend, fellow Obama supporter, and Obama staffer, Amrit Mehra passed along this LA Times piece by Jonah Goldberg of the National Review. As Amrit put it, this piece "encapsulates [Sen.] Clinton's underlying argument against Obama," i.e. that change doesn't happen by bringing people together, but rather by fighting it out. There is something to be said for this adversarial strategy

Indihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17231259401732323210noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076913.post-26709880712548997242008-01-13T23:30:00.001-05:002008-01-13T23:44:19.690-05:00

A New York Times blog post summarizes a recent study finding that healthy food is more expensive than unhealthy food--not a surprising conclusion considering the high rates of obesity among lower-income populations. What was particularly interesting in this study is the finding that high-calorie, energy-dense, unhealthy food tends to rise in price more slowly than low-calorie, nutrient-rich

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Sen. Obama, for whose campaign I volunteered from 27 December through the Iowa Caucuses, has stepped forward vis-a-vis the likely problem of young, health folks, free-riding under his proposed health care plan, with a suggestion of penalties against those who do not sign-up for insurance until they need care. Even Paul Krugman is amenable to this proposal.

Indihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17231259401732323210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076913.post-13715941686168764732007-12-25T12:09:00.000-05:002007-12-26T12:53:20.991-05:00

The New York Times's Cornelia Dean reports on a new group calling for a Presidential debate on science and technology:"A group of scientists is making an unusual foray into presidential politics, calling on the candidates, Republican and Democratic, to hold at least one debate focusing on the environment, medicine and health, technology policy and other science-related subjects."Thought Mike

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One of the more odd right-wing arguments against improving the conditions of folks in poverty is the argument that poor folks aren't really that badly off, because most own VCRs, some own homes (mostly elderly poor who bought homes when not poor), and nearly all have air conditioning. Wow! Looks like economic growth took care of poverty, right? Wrong. A more relevant conception of poverty does

Indihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17231259401732323210noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076913.post-30562001044287569622007-12-22T19:01:00.000-05:002007-12-23T10:50:19.866-05:00

Bob Herbert's NY Times piece yesterday weaves together some of the most damning data available on the decline of mobility, increase of inequality, and consequent assault on the American Dream. I applaud him for being able to recognized the importance of the union movement in maintaining the American Dream, including equality and mobility. I don't agree with unions on everything--and they don't

Indihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17231259401732323210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076913.post-63149689668336210092007-12-21T13:57:00.000-05:002007-12-21T14:06:36.227-05:00

At least one very positive set of provisions in the Energy Independence and Security Act is the Green Jobs Act of 2007, which was included in the larger energy bill that was recently signed by President Bush. Van Jones has a blog post on why this is so important.As Jones puts it,This ground-breaking legislation will make $120 million a year available across the country to begin training workers (

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The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities just released a great short piece on poverty and hardship, in advance of the Christmas and New Year's Holidays. Some of the highlights:36.5 million Americans are poor35.5 million Americans are food insecure (at risk of hunger)16 million low-income households are in unaffordable, overcrowded or substandard housing47 millions Americans had no health

Indihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17231259401732323210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076913.post-39821595002615519522007-12-21T10:56:00.001-05:002007-12-21T11:08:19.988-05:00

Now here's some good news, the Washington Post published an article yesterday on John Edwards's potential to derail Hillary Clinton in Iowa. What's particularly promising about this concern is that it seems to have prompted Senator Clinton to argue that those who care about fighting poverty ought to support her. Admittedly, she's referring to President Clinton's record on this front--but she's

Indihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17231259401732323210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076913.post-38355490147657978642007-12-20T16:05:00.000-05:002007-12-20T16:13:51.004-05:00

One of the highlights of 2007 for progressives in the US is surely the elimination of state-sanctioned killing of the incarcerated in New Jersey. Just a few days ago, New Jersey Governor Jon S. Corzine, signed a bipartisan bill ending the death penalty in New Jersey. Most striking to me is just how much Governor Corzine understands what is most morally troubling about capital punishment, i.e. the

Indihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17231259401732323210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076913.post-28123811203451545232007-12-20T15:56:00.001-05:002007-12-20T16:32:05.331-05:00

"[P]eople have access to health care in America. After all, you just go to an emergency room." - President Bush, 10 July 2007Why does not having health insurance matter? A new report from the not particularly socialist American Cancer Society finds that "Uninsured Americans are less likely to get screened for cancer, more likely to be diagnosed with an advanced stage of the disease, and less

Indihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17231259401732323210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076913.post-65157916856017938112007-12-20T15:36:00.000-05:002007-12-20T15:53:19.253-05:00

Mark Winne, former director of Connecticut's Hartford Food System, is among the most highly regarded anti-hunger advocates in the country. So hopefully people have been and will continue to pay special attention to his November Washington Post opinion piece, "When Handouts Keep Coming, the Food Line Never Ends." Winne argues that "The cycle of need -- always present, rarely sated, never resolved

Indihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17231259401732323210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076913.post-13992895654541725222007-12-19T00:00:00.000-05:002007-12-19T00:42:39.067-05:00

With over 2.2 million people incarcerated in the US, nearly all of whom will re-enter society, there is an urgent need to invest in thoughtful reentry plans. A NY Times piece from early December explores a group of formerly incarcerated folks who probably deserve special attention: the wrongly convicted [Hat Tip: David F. Pope]. The article includes this comment from one wrongly convicted former

Indihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17231259401732323210noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076913.post-70920639384686259312007-12-17T10:32:00.000-05:002007-12-17T10:38:32.730-05:00

CQ has a story [registration required] on State actions to constrain WIC (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children) spending because of skyrocketing food prices. The price of milk has risen over 20% this year and eggs are 35% more expensive. States are cutting back on the types and amount of food WIC participants receive or can purchase.Here's an excerpt on the

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In a recent New York Times article, Turkish billionaire and philanthropist Husnu M. Ozyegin complains at his lack of international renown despite the fact that he is "giving away 2 percent of [his] net income every month.” As Ozyegin notes, "[he doesn't] think Bill Gates is doing that.” Probably not. I'm happy to see Ozyegin at least thinks of his giving in terms of the share of his income he

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The New York Times's Matt Bai has a thoughtful blog post on what the fight over health care mandates is about, beyond mandates themselves. I don't always agree with Bai, but I think he's mostly right here. In particular, Bai notes that differences between the three leading Democratic presidential candidates' proposals are not too different, contrary to "all the posturing." Yes, Obama does not

Indihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17231259401732323210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076913.post-75753259102498875562007-12-12T23:31:00.000-05:002007-12-12T23:39:12.928-05:00

Surely it's great news that Senator Edwards has offered a plan to fight hunger in America. The plan looks perfectly sensible and likely to be somewhat successful, but what's more important to me is that Edwards's plan can be thought of in the context of his broader anti-poverty agenda. Tackling poverty, broadly understood, ought to eliminate hunger and, consequently, the need for an anti-hunger

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USA Today has a story out on Obama's "liberal" past. The story notes that earlier in his career,"Obama said he would support a single-payer health plan for Illinois "in principal" [sic], "although such a program will probably have to be instituted at a federal level; the long-term objective would be a universal care system that does not differentiate between the unemployed, the disabled, and so

Indihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17231259401732323210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076913.post-6779810129144705042007-12-10T17:41:00.001-05:002010-05-16T19:59:08.941-04:00

The Supreme Court issued a ruling today that allows judges to make downward adjustments from mandatory punishments in the federal sentencing guidelines. This 7-2 ruling is certainly good news for those who are concerned with racial equity in the US.The particular case at hand focused on the crack-cocaine punishment disparity, which has a particularly nefarious racial component. As Marc Mauer

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We have designated days, weeks, and even months to help focus attention on all sorts of causes. Some times this makes sense, and other times the designation inadvertently serves to neglect the cause the rest of the year.December 10th marks the anniversary of a cause that can hardly receive enough attention (And, in this instance, I doubt that this annual designation detracts from attention for it

Indihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17231259401732323210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076913.post-23675238043809127372007-12-10T14:14:00.000-05:002007-12-10T14:38:02.481-05:00

The New York Times has a distressing story out today on the backlog at the Social Security Administration vis-a-vis disability claims. It is a story of struggling individuals and a shameful national response. It's a story of how we often force people to pauperize themselves before providing public assistance; of how we approach the most vulnerable with skepticism rather than compassion; and of

Indihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17231259401732323210noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076913.post-66492747046217989802007-12-09T21:11:00.000-05:002007-12-09T21:22:05.573-05:00

Seems like an unbelievable headline, doesn't it? But that's essentially what the New York Times's Eduardo Porter is reporting today about the Chinese economy. Thanks to a massive statistical error, and correction, the Chinese economy turns out to be substantially smaller than previously thought:"According to new estimates, the colossal Chinese economy that has been making marketers salivate and

Indihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17231259401732323210noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076913.post-17400413455221863362007-12-09T12:13:00.000-05:002007-12-09T13:07:06.335-05:00

One popular health care idea among conservatives is consumer-drive health care, which is meant to reign-in care spending by requiring consumers to pay high deductibles before insurance coverage kicks in. While many of these plans won't pay for benefits until some amount, say $2,500 is paid by the consumer, some of these proposals would cover preventive benefits before that threshold. That's an

Indihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17231259401732323210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076913.post-4064035629798873322007-12-07T14:11:00.002-05:002009-12-16T13:13:23.497-05:00

Paul Krugman opinion piece today focuses on health coverage mandates. I think it sums up the argument for mandates fairly well, but I am less sure about some of the arguments against plans without a mandate. For example, Krugman writes,"The second false claim is that people won’t be able to afford the insurance they’re required to have — a claim usually supported with data about how expensive

Indihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17231259401732323210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076913.post-88416280246674811412007-12-06T16:12:00.000-05:002007-12-11T10:52:00.781-05:00

Here is former Labor Secretary Robert Reich's defense of Sen. Obama--and attack on Sen. Clinton--focusing particularly on Senator Clinton's criticisms of Sen. Obama's health plan and its lack of a mandate for all adults (Hat Tip: Nicholas Rathod). Gene Sperling forcefully defends Sen. Clinton while criticizing Secretary Reich. Note: Talso some interesting debate about social security in those two

Indihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17231259401732323210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076913.post-70762141467866758102007-12-04T16:58:00.000-05:002007-12-09T13:09:43.837-05:00

Governor Mitt Romney "has proposed capping non-defense discretionary spending at inflation minus one percent and will veto any budget that exceeds that amount." So, if we assume that a President Romney would not raises any taxes or cut defense, Social Security or Medicare spending, he would probably have to cut every other program by 20% to balance the budget by 2012, according to CBPP:Look at

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A good friend and colleague, Melissa Boteach at the Jewish Council on Public Affairs (JCPA) has a piece out on the connections between Jewish tradition, poverty and climate change. You can subscribe to the JCPA's Confronting Poverty emails here. Particularly thoughtful is the connection she draws between Chanukkah and current climate and energy crisis,"Because December holds Channukah, it

Indihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17231259401732323210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076913.post-25650132780818548292007-12-04T11:35:00.000-05:002007-12-11T10:52:15.151-05:00

Here are a few thoughtful letters to the editor in response to Paul Krugman's recent piece criticizing Senator Obama's lack of a mandate in his health plan. (HT: Amrit Mehra)[In the interest of full disclosure: I have contributed to Senator Barack Obama's campaign.]

Indihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17231259401732323210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076913.post-53703065600954686362007-12-04T00:35:00.000-05:002007-12-09T13:12:28.614-05:00

Can a family increase its assets and "own" its children's way up the economic ladder? Research from Julia Isaacs released by the Pew Economic Mobility Project suggests that black families are less likely to be able to pass along their economic success to their children than are white families. This phenomenon may in part be due to the significant black-white wealth gap--a gap that dwarfs the

Indihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17231259401732323210noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076913.post-47588721130210507542007-12-04T00:12:00.001-05:002007-12-04T00:20:16.246-05:00

A previous post noted one connection between inflation, poverty and climate policy: increasing disparities between the those with very low-incomes and everyone else have contributed to higher inflation faced by the poor, making them even worse-off economically, while a need for workers in the "green collar jobs" field grows. Time magazine has a nice piece spotlighting activist Van Jones's

Indihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17231259401732323210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076913.post-49223466277625653982007-12-03T18:11:00.000-05:002007-12-09T13:11:37.234-05:00

Journalist Daniel Brook's book, The Trap: Selling Out to Stay Afloat in Winner-Take-All America, is in part on the new inequality and how it "is a problem for just about everyone." I haven't had a chance to read the book, but my understanding is that the book focuses on young, well-educated, idealistic, progressives and their professional career choices. Here is the author's own take on the

Indihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17231259401732323210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076913.post-66633778729923831632007-12-01T17:03:00.000-05:002007-12-05T02:00:18.364-05:00

Is yesterday's Washington Post, Michael Kinsley does a fantastic job explaining Governor Huckabee and Senator Fred Thompson's tax simplification proposals, including their distributional impact and embedded deception.Partially in the name of simplicity, Huckabee endorses the Fair Tax which inherently distributes tax burdens away from the wealthy to everyone else (despite marginal provisions to

Indihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17231259401732323210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076913.post-19919036275398562742007-11-30T13:41:00.000-05:002007-12-19T12:01:52.918-05:00

Paul Krugman just published his most critical piece yet of Senator Obama and his health plan. Those who read this blog know that I think Krugman is a thoughtful political and economic analyst, but I have to wonder if he's missing a few critical points this time. One focus of the piece is Senator Obama's favorable portrayal of his own health plan's lack of an individual mandate for adults. I

Indihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17231259401732323210noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076913.post-49152807776165229952007-11-26T18:41:00.001-05:002008-03-21T10:43:17.060-04:00

Consistent with an earlier post on this blog, Paul Krugman's column from November 26th notes that comparing the inflation, as measured by the Consumer Price Index, to income growth understates the extent to which lower income folks are failing to experience income growth.[UPDATE - 3/21/2008: Inflation Hits the Poor the Hardest]

Indihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17231259401732323210noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076913.post-39284796658426247682007-11-19T15:09:00.000-05:002007-12-11T10:51:50.988-05:00

For progressives, it's exciting to see that at least all of the leading Democratic Presidential candidates have issued thought plans for affordable, quality, universal health coverage. The Edwards plan and Clinton plan are broadly similar. One striking difference between the Obama plan and the Clinton and Edwards plans is that Obama's does not require insurance for all adults. This, in Paul

Indihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17231259401732323210noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076913.post-28202117476692192552007-11-16T11:28:00.000-05:002007-12-01T17:39:48.828-05:00

Inflation is not often a big focus of conversation among advocates for those with lower incomes. When it is, it is often in the context of perceived or actual trade-offs between inflation and unemployment rates. However, inflation has indirectly come up in recent discussions among anti-poverty advocates insofar as automatic inflation adjustments to the Child Tax Credit's refundability threshold

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A new website, "Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity," was launched on October 30th, 2007 and it is well worth a visit for all those who care about improving the economic conditions of those at the lower end of our income distribution. Notably, the website is a genuine bipartisan (I would say "nonpartisan," but many of those involved are decidedly partisan.) effort to raise the priority of

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The US Department of the Treasury has released a "new" study on intra-generational income mobility in the United States from 1996 to 2005, which a recent Wall Street Journal editorial describes as "a careful, detailed piece of research by professional economists that avoids political judgments." The Journal says that the results "show beyond doubt that the U.S. remains a dynamic society marked by

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