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A Portrait of the Non-Voter as an Old Man | Formless and Void
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I thought it was about politics, but I'm no longer sure. A Portrait of the Non-Voter as an Old Man. August 16, 2010. Yesterday I had the chance to overhear my union dues-paying, social-security dependent, Democratic neighbor explain why he wasn’t going to vote for the Democrats this year. Politicians, he has decided, are a bunch of crooks who only care about themselves. He had four major complaints justifying his decision not to vote:. 2 Somerville wastes too much money planting trees along Somerville Ave.
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Formless and Void | I thought it was about politics, but I'm no longer sure | Page 2
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I thought it was about politics, but I'm no longer sure. July 26, 2010. Let’s Tax Regressively. So here is my take. Like a lot of generally liberal people, I am generally in favor of progressive taxation. However, Monica Prasad’s excellent The Politics of Free Markets. 8211; which is also about the politics of taxation – has made me rethink that commitment. Progressive taxation is a means, not an end. Progressive taxes are highly visibile. Progressive taxation organizes voters into interest groups:.
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July | 2010 | Formless and Void
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I thought it was about politics, but I'm no longer sure. Archive for July, 2010. Let’s Tax Regressively on. July 26, 2010. I’ll show you the life of the mind! July 24, 2010. African) American Exceptionalism on. July 7, 2010. The American Prospect Blog. I guess reading comprehension isn’t necessary for success. The more poverty changes, the more reformers stay the same. Maybe he was doing Yahweh’s Work. Autarkic House on the Prairie. Market-made billionaires are not self-made billionaires.
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December | 2010 | Formless and Void
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I thought it was about politics, but I'm no longer sure. Archive for December, 2010. December 2, 2010. The American Prospect Blog. I guess reading comprehension isn’t necessary for success. The more poverty changes, the more reformers stay the same. Maybe he was doing Yahweh’s Work. Autarkic House on the Prairie. Market-made billionaires are not self-made billionaires. In praise of government bailouts: Cocktail edition. Now I become Social Science, Destroyer of Worlds. About the blog's title.
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Karl Polanyi in the News | Formless and Void
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I thought it was about politics, but I'm no longer sure. Karl Polanyi in the News. August 12, 2010. Andrew Sullivan quotes approvingly. From an article on San Francisco’s new parking policy, which is described as “the most aggressive free market parking policy in the nation”:. Conceivably yes, for a few high-demand hours, which are almost certainly also hours when transit is abundant. What’s wrong with that? The free market was planned! No government, no free market. From → Uncategorized. Notify me of ne...
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The more poverty changes, the more reformers stay the same | Formless and Void
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I thought it was about politics, but I'm no longer sure. The more poverty changes, the more reformers stay the same. October 9, 2010. Or maybe vice versa. Discusses NYC’s efforts to get food stamp recipients to stop drinking sugary beverages and concludes:. I’m willing to be swayed, but this feels like something that was cooked up in a lab without any consideration for ordinary human nature. This is not a math formula. You need to convince actual, living, breathing people. 3) Quantification necessitates ...
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Poverty isn’t disarmingly simple | Formless and Void
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I thought it was about politics, but I'm no longer sure. Poverty isn’t disarmingly simple. August 12, 2010. In a New Republic piece. John McWhorter wrote the following, which was later excerpted on the Daily Dish, thereby becoming a part of the Internet’s collective consciousness:. The technical part wherein I try to explain the importance of a balanced data set. And keep a job. Are much less likely to be poor? Unfortunately, regression is unable to test for causal effects wherever there might be “...
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Maybe he was doing Yahweh’s Work | Formless and Void
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I thought it was about politics, but I'm no longer sure. Maybe he was doing Yahweh’s Work. September 25, 2010. In the introduction to Winner-Take-All Politics. Pierson and Hacker write. That Goldman CEO Blankfein. Insisted that Goldman was doing ‘God’s work” – apparently missing the passage in the Bible about how hard it is for a rich man to enter heaven. Perhaps Blankfein missed that passage because it’s in the New Testament. Not cool, Pierson and Hacker. Other than that, I’m enjoying the book. About th...
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September | 2010 | Formless and Void
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I thought it was about politics, but I'm no longer sure. Archive for September, 2010. Maybe he was doing Yahweh’s Work on. September 25, 2010. Stuff Only White People Like on. September 17, 2010. The American Prospect Blog. I guess reading comprehension isn’t necessary for success. The more poverty changes, the more reformers stay the same. Maybe he was doing Yahweh’s Work. Autarkic House on the Prairie. Market-made billionaires are not self-made billionaires. Venial Hypocrisy and Strategic Cynicism.
