Zephyr Teachout

Zephyr Teachout, a Nation editorial board member, is a constitutional lawyer and Law Professor at Fordham University and the author of Break ’Em Up: Recovering Our Freedom From Big Ag, Big Tech, and Big Money.

Tim Geithner’s Sentences Resemble Securitized Assets Tim Geithner’s Sentences Resemble Securitized Assets

The New York Times today has a fantastic profile of Tim Geithner and his thinking. It underlines, through a complex portrait, how urgent it is to replace Geithner with someone whos...

Apr 27, 2009 / Zephyr Teachout

Congresswoman Maloney and the JEC Show Hints of Muscle Congresswoman Maloney and the JEC Show Hints of Muscle

Yesterday's hearing at the Joint Economic Committee, convened by Congresswoman Maloney, gave me some hope that Congress might be thinking about taking some leadership in systematic...

Apr 22, 2009 / Zephyr Teachout

Seven Preliminary Thoughts on the Tea Parties Seven Preliminary Thoughts on the Tea Parties

Yesterday thousands of people rallied in hundreds of "tea party" protests across the country, expressing anger about the economy, politics, and taxes. It is easy to make...

Apr 16, 2009 / Zephyr Teachout

This Year in Taxes This Year in Taxes

Happy tax day, everyone! Whenever I log in to Turbo Tax, I think of Tim Geithner, and so I was trying to think of the other political figures who have made this year in taxes inter...

Apr 15, 2009 / Zephyr Teachout

What the Paulites Have Right What the Paulites Have Right

(1) There is nothing sacred about the Fed(2) Power is overly centralized in the Executive branch and thefederal government(3) Power is overly concentrated in agencies that are not ...

Apr 13, 2009 / Zephyr Teachout

Nationalize, Reorganize, Decentralize Nationalize, Reorganize, Decentralize

Two days ago I wrote about introducing a new kind of scale-based antitrust. Before exploring some other structural reforms, I want to encourage people to join a nationwide demonstr...

Apr 9, 2009 / Zephyr Teachout

Trustbusting 2.0? Trustbusting 2.0?

As a friend of mine said to me last week, it seems the economic team advising Obama has an unfortunately limited imagination. This limitedimagination leads to a limited range of ki...

Apr 7, 2009 / Zephyr Teachout

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