27 Apr 11
Interesting article:
http://nymag.com/print/?/news/politics/paul-krugman-2011-5/
On a side note, I may not have given Krugman enough credit. I have always found his blog opinions suffered from a tendency for hyperbole and exaggeration that I didn't care much for. Seems they could be deliberate and part of a strategy.
27 Apr 11
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Originally posted by KazetNagorraThe Democrat party is not the monolithic entity your dismissals imply and just because its leadership moved it more to the right in recent decades, doesn't mean it's inevitable it remains there.
He is probably similar to moderate social democrats in Europe (haven't studied his articles much). But moderate social democrats in Europe get votes.
In the last elections, for example, there seemed to be a lot of votes in passing the impression it would move further to the left, for example. It hasn't turned out what many people expected but, like I said, it isn't at all inevitable that it won't eventually.
Did you read the article?
27 Apr 11
Originally posted by PalynkaYes, I did. The Democrat party may move to the middle, of course, but these things are complicated in a two-party system, and further complicated by the fact that bribery is legal in the US.
The Democrat party is not the monolithic entity your dismissals imply and just because its leadership moved it more to the right in recent decades, doesn't mean it's inevitable it remains there.
In the last elections, for example, there seemed to be a lot of votes in passing the impression it would move further to the left, for example. It hasn't turned o ...[text shortened]... e I said, it isn't at all inevitable that it won't eventually.
Did you read the article?
27 Apr 11
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Originally posted by KazetNagorraI wouldn't merely say it "died." I would say more it was slain by the wretched hopeless stagflation that enveloped the country at that time and the Carter administration's complete inability or unwillingness to do anything about it.
The American "Left" died somewhere in the late 70s.
27 Apr 11
Originally posted by sh76Well, there was stagflation in Europe in the 70s too. Carter wasn't too effective a president, but not nearly as bad as Reagan. I doubt stagflation is really responsible for the left's demise in the US.
I wouldn't merely say id "died." I would say more it was slain by the wretched hopeless stagflation that enveloped the country at that time and the Carter administration's complete inability or unwillingness to do anything about it.
27 Apr 11
Originally posted by sh76Strange. Unemployment dropped consistently for the vast majority of his time in office.
I wouldn't merely say it "died." I would say more it was slain by the wretched hopeless stagflation that enveloped the country at that time and the Carter administration's complete inability or unwillingness to do anything about it.
http://www.miseryindex.us/urbymonth.asp
28 Apr 11
Originally posted by KazetNagorraCarter's ineffectiveness led to the success of the Reagan revolution.
Well, there was stagflation in Europe in the 70s too. Carter wasn't too effective a president, but not nearly as bad as Reagan. I doubt stagflation is really responsible for the left's demise in the US.
28 Apr 11
Originally posted by sh76I guess he could've froze wages as Reagan did. There's a conservative for you.
I wouldn't merely say it "died." I would say more it was slain by the wretched hopeless stagflation that enveloped the country at that time and the Carter administration's complete inability or unwillingness to do anything about it.