Bio for Ezra Klein
Who Killed Equality?
There are two main schools of thought on income inequality: The fatalists, who contend that rising inequality is the ineluctable result of a changing economy, and the redistributionists, who blame a skewed tax system and lethargic government. Perhaps it’s time to consider a third.
There are two main schools of thought on income inequality: The fatalists, who contend that rising inequality is the ineluctable result of a changing economy, and the redistributionists, who blame a skewed tax system and lethargic government. Perhaps it’s time to consider a third.
Obama Guesses His Way to Trillions in Health Savings
During his 2008 presidential campaign, Barack Obama relied on a standard applause line, a promise that his health-care plan would “lower premiums by up to $2,500 for a typical family per year.” Cue cheers -- or jeers if you were a health-policy expert. For them, his vow was ridiculous. There was no time frame attached to the promise. There was no plan for realizing it. It was change no one quite believed in. He might as well have promised every American a puppy.
During his 2008 presidential campaign, Barack Obama relied on a standard applause line, a promise that his health-care plan would “lower premiums by up to $2,500 for a typical family per year.” Cue cheers -- or jeers if you were a health-policy expert. For them, his vow was ridiculous. There was no time frame attached to the promise. There was no plan for realizing it. It was change no one quite believed in. He might as well have promised every American a puppy.
How U.S. Politics Was Hijacked by Partisans
June 04, 2013
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Power has devolved to the people. And
the people hate it. In his book “Disconnect: The Breakdown of
Representation in American Politics,” Stanford University
political scientist Morris Fiorina considers this “the great
irony” of American politics: that the more Americans participate
in their political system, the angrier and more disillusioned
they become. We have met the enemy, and it is us. Or at least
some of us.
One Way Obamacare May Already Be Working
There was a time when all anyone in Washington wanted to talk about was “bending the health-care cost curve.” Forget covering the uninsured -- the ultimate test of the Affordable Care Act would be the trajectory of health- care costs.
There was a time when all anyone in Washington wanted to talk about was “bending the health-care cost curve.” Forget covering the uninsured -- the ultimate test of the Affordable Care Act would be the trajectory of health- care costs.
Why Obama’s Scandals Won’t Lead to Reform
May 22, 2013
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Put aside the politics, and the
question of who-knew-what-when. There are two policy problems
highlighted by the controversies at the Internal Revenue Service
and the Department of Justice. The first is the growth of
501(c)(4) groups into vehicles for anonymous and unlimited
political spending. The second is the Barack Obama
administration’s overzealous prosecution of leaks.
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