Jeff Sachs has written a very interesting Project Syndicate piece on Keynesian economics. It's phrased as a critique of Paul Krugman, but his message applies much more broadly. Krugman was mostly articulating fairly standard views on stimulus, "austerity'' and so forth.
Bruce Schneier has two typically fine new essays on the Sony hack. The first (at the Atlantic.com) argues that “we still don’t know who’s behind” the Sony hack, and the second (at Time.com) explains why the government should “be much more forthcoming about its evidence” about attribution.
Five days into 2015, we have some answers as to where California Gov. Jerry Brown wants to take America’s nation-state – the Golden State’s longest-serving chief executive on Monday morning delivering an inaugural address from the confines of the State Assembly that was also billed as his annual State of the State oration (though technically it was not a joint convention of the State Legislature).
Some time back, I promised that if you donated to Lawfare before year’s end, each dollar of contribution would constitute a separate chance to win neato Lawfare prizes.
Prognosticators from the London Times to Democratic pundit James Carville are predicting that President Obama this year will finish a deal with Iran regarding its nuclear program.
America’s clout in the Middle East is waning, but this is not the fruit of an inexorable process divorced from human will. Rather it reflects aggressive bids by other actors—Iran, Russia, Turkey, and a variety of Islamist factions—to enhance their power at the same time that America has pursued a policy of lowering its profile and shrinking its footprint.
The U.S. war against ISIL risks helping the enemy in the long run by lessening locals’ incentives to develop their own military and state capabilities, and that it also helps with the enemy’s recruitment and PR. The more the U.S. does militarily, the less our friends and allies in the region do.
Martin Anderson, a conservative economist who served three presidents and was a top adviser to President Ronald Reagan, died on Saturday at his home in Portola Valley, Calif. He was 78.
Martin Anderson, an economist and adviser to three presidents who helped explain economic policy to Ronald Reagan and Reagan to the world, died last week at his home in Portola Valley, Calif., after an influential career. He was 78.
Adam Smith is conventionally thought of in a very specific manner: He is the "father of economics," the man who gave birth to the very idea that self-interest is a good thing and that seeking profits was among the most socially productive endeavors a man could undertake.
Congress reassembles today for a new biennial session and all pending bills from last year must be re-introduced. This week, a measure addressing employer requirements for health insurance coverage will be quickly printed and heads toward a scheduled House vote on Thursday.
