Sanderscare
Read my latest Oxford University Press blog post on the single-payer reform proposed by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT).
health care
Alan Meltzer’s straw “Keynesian”
Remember when “liberal” became the insult of choice among Republicans? Apparently, “Keynesian” has now taken on that status for Republican economists. Never mind that Keynesian is ill-defined (old Keynesian? new Keynesian? the Keynesian part of the neoclassical synthesis?)–making Keynesian a dirty word and applying it to those with whom you disagree has become the tactic … Read more