Its Time to Merge Business and Politics Its Time to Merge Business and Politics
Before economics became a separate branch of study, scholars like Adam Smith used to write as political economists, examining the nature of production and its relationship to gover...
May 1, 2009 / The Notion / Zephyr Teachout
National Poetry Month Meets Obama’s 100 Days National Poetry Month Meets Obama’s 100 Days
I hope you find these apt, and capable of serving two ends--a celebration of good poetry, a reflection on 100 days. 1. Days-- Philip Larkin What are days for?Days are where ...
Apr 29, 2009 / The Notion / Zephyr Teachout
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 / The Notion / 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 / The Notion / 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 / The Notion / 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 / The Notion / 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 / The Notion / 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 / The Notion / 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 / The Notion / Zephyr Teachout