by Henry Oliner | Oct 13, 2021 | Media, Politics, Progressivism
From Joel Kotkin at Newsweek, The New Face of Oligarchy: But the tech oligarchy is not only a threat to American consumers. It’s likey to have a radical impact on workers, too. The tech elite differ significantly from the old corporate hegemons who needed a...
by Henry Oliner | Oct 12, 2021 | Media
From Joel Kotkin at Newsweek, The New Face of Oligarchy: The real question when it comes to big tech is not the one posed by Haugen’s testimony—whether Facebook and the other tech platforms allow “misinformation” or “hate speech” on their...
by Henry Oliner | Oct 11, 2021 | Politics, Progressivism
George Will on Nikki Haley’s defense of capitalism: Speaking in a manner bracingly unusual in this city, Haley minced no words: “The American system is capitalism.” Although “the Founders never used the word, they gave us capitalism in all but the name,” because...
by Henry Oliner | Oct 8, 2021 | Politics, Progressivism
Arthur Schlesinger wrote The Age of Roosevelt in three volumes between 1956 and 1960. The first volume, The Crisis of the Old Order, addressed the national conditions that led to the election of Franklin Roosevelt. The Coming of the New Deal focused on the first two...
