Month: March 2009
Jack Balkin dismisses the constitutional arguments. Really, although there are serious objections to the bill on policy issues, until (God forbid) Richard Epstein becomes the median vote on the Supreme.
Ew. His moral and journalistic standards rank roughly with his erotic prose.
The idea that Raul Castro may have moved against Venezuelan proxies in Cuba is fascinating, but there doesn't seem to be much to it. That is, I have no doubt.
I will say that where I am in agreement with the optimists is on DeLong's point 2 here -- the politics. I don't think a quickly exhaustible store of "political.
Earlier today, Brad Delong observed:At the moment "Fear of Reese Witherspoon Look-Alikes on the Pill" has 116 comments, while "The Geithner Plan FAQ" has only 89 comments. I confess this.
From DeLong. Krugman, conversely, remains skeptical. Critics were right to note below that the epistemic uncertainty here demands more modesty than I showed; this crisis has so few even close.
I realize it would be unreasonable to expect a Protein Wisdom contributor to appreciate the subtlety of what I'm about to say here, but comparing the taxation of publicly-funded corporate.
Some of the nation's foremost constitutional scholars have apparently decided to weigh in on the tax plan passed in the House:O’DONNELL (3/19/09): You know, this is, this was a brilliant.