Crooked Timber notes from the FT
First, go read Henry on the lambasting of, especially, Turkey by U.S. idiots. Apparently, any U.N. vote is wholly the responsibility of everyone except the people who presented the resolution….
First, go read Henry on the lambasting of, especially, Turkey by U.S. idiots. Apparently, any U.N. vote is wholly the responsibility of everyone except the people who presented the resolution….
…only driving force–no matter what the cost in potential environmental disaster and human lives. Yet we provide enormous breaks to natural resource extractive industries. Their responsibility for damages is limited….
…legal responsibility, and the actual means with which to do this. Yes, most big-government-versus-small-government issues lend themselves to the irrational we-want-it-both-ways (“Keep your government hands off my Medicare!”) demagoguery. But…
…control. Curiously, I have not heard Peterson advocate closing this tax loophole as one way to further the cause of fiscal responsibility. Then there are the academic apologists for the…
…least, a member of President Obama’s National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform). In an interview with The Telegraph, the Bank of England Governor suggests that the US and UK…
…the waste into local watersheds is really such a good idea. Fracking is certainly not harmless, those chemicals are probably not harmless, and those who extract are not taking responsibility…
…of “We have a moral responsibility to support the subsistence of the elderly and the cost of doing that in a way that delivers 100% of the scheduled benefit is…
…moreover want you to join in and comment on their new blog The Virtual Summit for Fiscal and Economic Responsibility The blog launched yesterday with a piece by Dean Baker,…
…they have been borrowing. Time for the billionaires to show whether they are seriously concerned about ‘fiscal responsibility’ or simple welshers on their debt obligations, time for them to put…
…a right, or that a civilized society has a responsibility to provide care for all. What Those Who Understand Our Health Care System Say Finally, a group of 45 health-care…