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Conservative commentators use the term “pander” to describe politicians, usually liberals, who are sensitive to women, blacks, Latinos, gays, and workers who lose their jobs to outsourcing. You might say a lot of right-wing pandering goes on when it comes to the religious right, the NRA, and the anti-abortion lobby. As we heard in the ...
A recent paper from the Russell Sage Foundation reports that income-based residential segregation in America has risen sharply over the past 40 years; in 1970 about 65 percent of families lived in middle-income neighborhoods but only 44 percent do so today. The rest now live in neighborhoods that are distinctly either rich or poor, with affluent ...
Financial regulation is a never-ending saga. Restrict banks’ opportunities to turn a profit in one area, and, not surprisingly, they redouble their efforts in another. New credit card rules that went into effect in 2010, as well as legal tussles over “swipe fees,” have created pressure to find other sources of revenue. Fees for late payments and overdrafts are ...
Dean Baker and other economist agree that the mortgage interest tax deduction needs to be part of a systematic tax overhaul on NPR, October 18th, 2012.
It’s always fun when Thomas Friedman writes a piece on economics. He likes to play a game with readers. He slips a number of false assertions into the column and readers are supposed to find them. (He probably does this with his columns on foreign policy also, but I don’t have time to read through ...
President Obama did what he needed to do tonight. He took the debate to Mitt Romney. He was relaxed, even jaunty, as he scored one point after another. He seemed to be enjoying himself at Romney’s expense. He looked more comfortable and commanding as the debate wore on, while Romney looked more stiff, edgy, and ...
Despite their differences, both Presidential campaigns have something in common: they seem to hold on an overly simplistic view of the economy. On Monday, both campaigns released new ads on the economy explaining their divergent views but still offering no details on their policy proposals. Both Mitt Romney and President Obama want to reduce taxes—albeit for different ...
How do you move 55 million women? Understand what is going on in their lives. Then talk to them about the concerns that keep them up at night and a plan forward to help them achieve the hopes that get them out of bed in the morning. That is what needs to be done to ...
Americans passionately disagree about both the biology and the morality of contraception. Even many who skillfully practice what Thomas Robert Malthus termed the “improper arts” consider it a personal and, ideally, completely private choice. But private choices are constrained by public policies. Both behavioral economicsand recent empirical research help explain why access to long-acting, reliable, safe ...
In general, men are voting about seven points more Republican, and women are voting about five points more Democratic. Women tend to be more undecided, and it will be the Independent woman voter who decides this election. MB: Why is this prototypical female voter not sure? CL: She has serious questions about the economy and wants to ...
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