Tag Archives: Barack Obama
December 12, 2013
Unravelling America’s Problems with Incomes, Inequality and Upward Mobility
President Obama deserves at least two cheers for his recent economic address. In an unusually clear-eyed assessment of how the…Continue reading
December 8, 2010
Taxes and the Art of the Possible
Barack Obama exhibited this week what Machiavelli called the essential quality of a successful statesman, “virtu,†or the capacity to…Continue reading
January 9, 2009
Politics and the Economic Crisis
Barack Obama's historic election as a new, national agent of change will face a daunting test as the economic crisis…Continue reading