Michael Lind

The GOP's bad old ideas The GOP's bad old ideas

Bomb Iran and privatize Social Security. Really? That's all you've got?
  • Deficit hawks -- or deficit dodos?

    Dodonomics preaches that the government should be "run like a business." But what business doesn't borrow money?
  • Obama's populist pose

    What the president needs to do to prove his newfound populism is more than just a one-day P.R. stunt
  • The tragedy of Obama

    Obama's minimalist caution falls short in a time of great need
  • I blame cable TV

    How hack party consultants came to replace real liberals and conservatives in the 24/7 media universe
  • The case for economic rights

    FDR said it and it holds 66 years later: There are benefits and opportunities every American should expect to enjoy
  • The Clinton boom was real -- then Bush happened

    Historians, economists and revisionists battle over the legacy of Bill Clinton's economic memory
  • The Clintonites were wrong

    The "new economy" was an illusion. Neoliberals have to admit that before they can stop the bleeding
  • Can't our government get anything right?

    Whichever party's in charge fumbles the basics -- security, health, infrastructure. Why are we paying these people?
  • A progressive marriage?

    What the Democrats can learn from the Republicans about managing the ménage à trois within the party
  • Dear nobodies

    A congressman writes to his constituents: "Thank God for gerrymandering"
  • Shocking news: The world is stable!

    China dominance? U.S. decline and fall? Believe it when you see it
  • Unemployment: Going beyond short-term fixes

    We need massive, permanent federal investment in infrastructure and public services, not symbolism like a new WPA
  • Can populism be liberal?

    The GOP has owned it since Nixon. Democrats would have to return to the New Deal to recapture it
  • The Pledge of Allegiance is un-American

    Shouldn't the government pledge allegiance to the people rather than the other way around?
  • Three anniversaries

    The fall of the Berlin Wall, 9/11 and the collapse of Lehman Brothers: Each ushered in a new American era
  • Why Dilbert is doomed

    The jobs of tomorrow are not what you'd expect
  • The tax breaks that ate America

    The greatest threat to the U.S. economy is not creeping socialism. It's creeping subsidism
  • That sound you hear is the social fabric about to snap

    The real unemployment rate is almost 20 percent. Here's what the federal government can do about the jobs crisis
  • How I learned to stop worrying and live with the bomb

    Neither terrorists nor rogue states like North Korea are likely to use nuclear weapons. Here's why
  • Salon interviews the late Adam Smith

    The 18th century's patron saint of free markets shares his surprising views about Barack Obama and the U.S. economy
  • The end of the Pax Americana?

    Obama has the chance to end our Cold War hangover, and start an era where the U.S. is not the sole global policeman
  • Intellectual conservatism, RIP

    I was once a young neoconservative. The word meant something different then, before it was hijacked by extremists
  • Uninsured like me

    Diversity is healthcare reform's worst enemy. White America has never liked social insurance for people of color
  • Who are the wealth creators?

    The right says the answer is rich people, not workers -- who are wealth destroyers
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