…interview with Paul Waldman for his Substack newsletter The Cross Section. Rothstein didn’t reply to Salon’s request for comment before publication. “I would expect that there’s already quite a bit of…

…said they were engaged in “domestic terrorism,” a distinction that reveals the administration’s attempt to criminalize political opposition. Rachel Levinson-Waldman of the Brennan Center explained that “[t]o actually be called…

Scott Sumner wrote If pressed, Keynesians will usually point to real interest rates as the right measure of monetary ease or tightness. By that criterion the Fed adopted an ultra-tight…

There is a new estimate of the effect of $ 60 billion spending cut on GDP and employment. Since this estimate was made by brilliant economist* Ben Bernanke aided by…

Federal regulators have approved unprecedented new rules to ensure broadband providers do not abuse their customers’ app usage and browsing history, mobile location data and other sensitive personal information generated…

…is a constant background murmur in our society that says that greater wealth has to be a reward for more talent, more effort or more contribution to society. When Steve…

…Thrilled this was working so well, James tried again. “Steve, what’s your IQ?” “51.” “Lucy, what’s your IQ?” “49.” “You two should probably talk,” James said. Lucy turned to Steve,…

As part of my continuing series of Analogies that Should Be on the SAT, this is what Famous Entrepreneurs do (h/t Brad DeLong): In the IBM PC era, Steve drove…

Guest post by Steve Roth Want a Flat Tax? I Got a Flat Tax for You crossposted with Asymptosis One percent of financial assets. Personal and corporate. Annually. With somewhere…

Robert Waldmann Nate Silver, like essentially all election handycappers, ignores internal polls — polls financed by one of the candidates or by the party of one of the candidates. Unusally,…