by Henry Oliner | Jun 18, 2017 | Media, Politics, Progressivism
from Daniel Henninger at the WSJ Political Disorder Syndrome: Social media—a permanent marinade for the human brain—is causing a vast, mysterious transformation of how people process experience, and maybe someday a future B.F. Skinner will explain what it has done to...
by Henry Oliner | Aug 8, 2016 | Economics
Depending on the measurement, inequality (rise in the % of wealth in the top 10%) has increased more under Obama- in spite of policies designed to counter this trend. These policies have been counterproductive, favoring larger industries, stock shareholders, and...
by Henry Oliner | Jun 10, 2016 | Economy, Politics
Six years from the Great Recession and the excuses for the tepid recovery are becoming worn. This time is different- well it always is. There may be an issue with structural changes that affect employment and wages, but this is less of a rationalization for greater...
by Henry Oliner | May 31, 2016 | Politics
Clinton’s utter lack of integrity is nothing new, But McGurn at the WSJ notes how we have come used to a bar so low that just her being in the race sullies the office. from Hillary’s Crooked Defense-In Clintonworld, anything that isn’t found criminal becomes...
by Henry Oliner | Sep 17, 2015 | Economics
Holman Jenkins in The Wall Srteet Journal, A Better Way to Bring the ‘Elites’ Into Line: excerpts: Business leaders. Management is a pragmatic exercise, so of course business leaders lobby for government policies that reduce their risks and hamper their...
