by Mark Thoma, University of Oregon (Department of Economics)

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Can Real, Transformative Change Actually Happen?

Posted on June 21, 2008

If Democrats win this fall, what will it take to bring about change? Here are two answers. First, a call to address Americans' insecurities about their economic futures as well as the future security of their nation :A New Social Contract, by Michael Kazin and Julian E. Zelizer, Commentary, Washington Post: For the first time since 1964, Democrats have a good chance not just to win the White House and a majority in Congress but to enact a sweeping new liberal agenda. Conservative ideas are widely discredited...The long Democratic primary battle masks the fact that the party faithful agree on ...

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