http://www.inveslogic.com/tags/politics Blog Articles Tagged with 'politics' at http://www.inveslogic.com en http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/big-picture/1134040?rsstype=tag&tag=politics Over the past several weeks and months, we have continually identified errors, flaws and mistakes being made by policy makers. Some of these errors were due to mistaken assumptions -- that a firm like Lehman could go bankrupt without significant repe... Mon, 13 Oct 2008 07:21:13 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/big-picture/1134040?rsstype=tag&tag=politics http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/brad-delongs-semi-daily-journal/1133868?rsstype=tag&tag=politics Attention, unnamed McCain advisors: Lindsey Gramm said that McCain was contemplating fighting the financial crisis by cutting taxes on capital gains and dividends because some of you told him he was.Jackie Calmes: No New Economic Policy Is Expecte... Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:14:49 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/brad-delongs-semi-daily-journal/1133868?rsstype=tag&tag=politics http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/brad-delongs-semi-daily-journal/1133769?rsstype=tag&tag=politics Thanks. This is appreciated: Greg Mankiw's Blog: Economists Against Obama: A list recently released by the McCain campaign [claimed to be 100; actually 90 economists]. It includes five Harvard professors. Some blog readers may ask, why didn't I sign?... Sun, 12 Oct 2008 18:10:08 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/brad-delongs-semi-daily-journal/1133769?rsstype=tag&tag=politics http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/big-picture/1133747?rsstype=tag&tag=politics One of the more interestingly intellectual jihads I came across recently was this strange commentary in the FT this week. It was an incontinent lament against the evils of pragmatism. Never before have so many words been so eloquently spilled saying ... Sun, 12 Oct 2008 12:00:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/big-picture/1133747?rsstype=tag&tag=politics http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/brad-delongs-semi-daily-journal/1133598?rsstype=tag&tag=politics Not really. But the media death spiral watch continues, led by the Politico. You remember Paul Krugman's joke--that if Bush said the world was flat, reporters would write opinions on shape of earth differ ? Now we have Mike Allen and Jonathan Martin... Sun, 12 Oct 2008 01:07:43 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/brad-delongs-semi-daily-journal/1133598?rsstype=tag&tag=politics http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/1133573?rsstype=tag&tag=politics It wasn't Fannie and Freddie, and it wasn't the CRA:Private sector loans, not Fannie or Freddie, triggered crisis, by David Goldstein and Kevin G. Hall, McClatchy Newspapers: As the economy worsens and Election Day approaches, a conservative campaign... Sat, 11 Oct 2008 19:23:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/1133573?rsstype=tag&tag=politics http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/brad-delongs-semi-daily-journal/1133524?rsstype=tag&tag=politics Michael Berube speaks to conservatives: [Y]ou could take poor flailing David Brooks as a model. One day after this humble blog suggested that high-end conservative pundits will slurp down any old slop they re fed by the party, Brooks was sloppin... Sat, 11 Oct 2008 11:24:42 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/brad-delongs-semi-daily-journal/1133524?rsstype=tag&tag=politics http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/brad-delongs-semi-daily-journal/1133428?rsstype=tag&tag=politics When John McCain, onstage on Tuesday night, said It's my proposal, it's not Sen. Obama's proposal, it's not President Bush's proposal. But I know how to get America working again, restore our economy and take care of working Americans... people wer... Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:55:35 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/brad-delongs-semi-daily-journal/1133428?rsstype=tag&tag=politics http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/brad-delongs-semi-daily-journal/1133429?rsstype=tag&tag=politics Ed Kilgore: Democratic Strategist: hroughout this long presidential campaign, there's been endless discussion of race as a factor.... Now, in the wake of the ongoing financial crisis, racism has entered the campaign conversation from an unexpected di... Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:44:24 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/brad-delongs-semi-daily-journal/1133429?rsstype=tag&tag=politics http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/brad-delongs-semi-daily-journal/1133434?rsstype=tag&tag=politics Paul Krugman: Not about the financial crisis - Paul Krugman - Op-Ed Columnist - New York Times Blog: The crisis isn t the only scary thing going on. Something very ugly is taking shape on the political scene: as McCain s chances fade, the crowd... Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:33:33 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/brad-delongs-semi-daily-journal/1133434?rsstype=tag&tag=politics http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/1133335?rsstype=tag&tag=politics The attempt to blame minorities for the financial crisis is disgusting :The New Welfare Queens , by Ed Kilgore: Throughout this long presidential campaign, there's been endless discussion of race as a factor. But until recently, such talk revolved ... Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:17:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/1133335?rsstype=tag&tag=politics http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/brad-delongs-semi-daily-journal/1133266?rsstype=tag&tag=politics It doesn't say whether she stonewalled herself or cooperated with the investigation.Oliver Willis: Oliver Willis: I too thought the story about Sarah Palin issuing a report absolving herself was an Onion headline the first time I saw it. I m still... Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:30:05 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/brad-delongs-semi-daily-journal/1133266?rsstype=tag&tag=politics http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/brad-delongs-semi-daily-journal/1132899?rsstype=tag&tag=politics Ben Smith: Race and the economy: An Obama supporter, who canvassed for the candidate in the working-class, white Philadelphia neighborhood of Fishtown recently, sends over an account that, in various forms, I've heard a lot in recent weeks. What's c... Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:33:14 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/brad-delongs-semi-daily-journal/1132899?rsstype=tag&tag=politics http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/brad-delongs-semi-daily-journal/1132900?rsstype=tag&tag=politics Wow!!: Kerry Howley: [T]here is a massive gap between Obama s actual rhetoric and the conservative portrayal of him as some sort of naive, starry-eyed internationalist. There is no globalist in this election, naive or otherwise. There is the candi... Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:31:09 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/brad-delongs-semi-daily-journal/1132900?rsstype=tag&tag=politics http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/brad-delongs-semi-daily-journal/1132768?rsstype=tag&tag=politics Jared Bernstein and Gene Sperling: Jared Bernstein and Gene Sperling: Ouch! McCain's Housing Solution Is a Gift from Taxpayers to Banks: When John McCain announced his new plan to address the financial crisis by having the government directly buy... Thu, 09 Oct 2008 13:25:34 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/brad-delongs-semi-daily-journal/1132768?rsstype=tag&tag=politics http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/brad-delongs-semi-daily-journal/1132599?rsstype=tag&tag=politics You know, we have llike seen this before. On health care:McCain started with a tax credit that was equal in aggregate to the additional tax he levied on employer-sponsored health benefits in the first year--in later years the credit became much small... Thu, 09 Oct 2008 01:14:16 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/brad-delongs-semi-daily-journal/1132599?rsstype=tag&tag=politics http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/dealscape/1132451?rsstype=tag&tag=politics The Securities and Exchange Commission's temporary ban on short selling of almost 1,000 financial companies expires at midnight, bringing to a close a key part of the agency's effort to restore...... Wed, 08 Oct 2008 14:35:08 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/dealscape/1132451?rsstype=tag&tag=politics http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/brad-delongs-semi-daily-journal/1132395?rsstype=tag&tag=politics Douglas Holtz-Eakin says, this morning: [W]e would in fact be taking the negative equity position and putting it on the taxpayers books instead of putting it on the private lenders books or the homeowners books. We think the balance of risk has shif... Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:11:55 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/brad-delongs-semi-daily-journal/1132395?rsstype=tag&tag=politics http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/dealscape/1132369?rsstype=tag&tag=politics As expected, the economy took center stage during Tuesday's presidential debate when Republican Sen. John McCain and Democratic Sen. Barack Obama faced off in a so-called town hall debate....... Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:39:54 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/dealscape/1132369?rsstype=tag&tag=politics http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/brad-delongs-semi-daily-journal/1132064?rsstype=tag&tag=politics They even lie about how many tame economists they have: JohnMcCain.com - McCain-Palin 2008: 100 ECONOMISTS WARN THAT WITH CURRRENT WEAK FINANCIAL CONDITIONS BARACK OBAMA'S PROPOSALS RUN A HIGH RISK OF THROWING THE US ECONOMY INTO A DEEP RECESSION... ... Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:41:25 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/brad-delongs-semi-daily-journal/1132064?rsstype=tag&tag=politics