Mary Jo White Leaves Behind a Weakened SEC for Trump to Weaken Further
Mary Jo White leaves behind an SEC weaker than she found it, with three commission seats now open. Trump will weaken the agency further.
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Trump Victory Kayoes TPP
Trump’s victory kills the TPP, along with the assumption that experts alone will negotiate future free-trade agreements.
Read more...Another Two Myths About Clinton’s Defeat in Election 2016 Debunked
Talking points about smart Democrats and election fraud in election 2016.
Read more...Tweeting Brexit: Narrative Building and Sentiment Analysis
Twitter can be considered a novel type of elite media that enables agenda setters to communicate directly with other agenda setters and a politically active part of the public
Read more...A Walk in the Forest After the Election
A lovely metaphor for the election I wish I’d thought of. Be sure to read to the end.
Read more...Two More Myths About Clinton’s Defeat in Election 2016 Debunked
Talking points about the competence of the Clinton campaign and economic factors in election 2016.
Read more...India’s Cash Crackdown: Chaos Continues
India’s cash crackdown has caused widespread economic suffering and chaos, unduly hurting the poor, and sparked some political pushback.
Read more...What Will Trump’s Foreign Policy Mean for the World? An Interview With Patrick Cockburn
What happens in the Middle East now?
Read more...USS Trump Pivots to Asia
Trump Secretary of State contender Rudy Giuliani makes belligerent noises towards China and wants the US to bulk up its navy.
Read more...It’s Class, Stupid, Not Race
How the Democratic Party’s divisive focus on identity politics and race backfired.
Read more...CalPERS Considers Cutting Out Private Equity Firms, Making Direct Investments in Companies
CalPERS is considering a bold move, that of bringing private equity in house to reduce egregious fees and improve net returns.
Read more...Wall Or No Wall: Trump Needs The Mexican Oil Industry
If Trump follows through with his promise of having the US exit Nafta, it means imposing tariffs on Mexican oil, which the US needs.
Read more...Three Myths About Clinton’s Defeat in Election 2016 Debunked
Talking points about racism, sexism, and stupidity in election 2016.
Read more...Philip Pilkington: Why the Pollsters Totally Failed to Call a Trump Victory, Why I (Sort Of) Succeeded – and Why You Should Listen to Neither of Us
So why did the US pollsters get the presidential election so wrong?
Read more...From the Archives: “Richard Kline: Progressively Losing”
At best, progressives seek to convert. In the main, they name and shame—ineffectively. American ‘progressives’ distrust political power, period, are queasy about anyone having it, and suspicious toward anyone who actively seeks it, including other putative progressives. The contest as progressives conceive it is fundamentally a moral one: they believe they are right, and want their opposition to see the light and reform/conform. Thus, they don’t frame what they engage in as a fight but rather as a debate.
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