Week of August 20, 2012 Archives

RealClearPolicy Morning Edition

Monday, August 20
Romney & Ryan Refuse to Spell Out Beliefs
Dana Milbank, Wash. Post
Government Is Choking Energy Production
M. Whatley, Big Government
Bobby Jindal vs. the Education Establishment
Kevin Mooney, Spectator
Obama Will Lose the Religious Freedom Fight
L. Martin Nussbaum, NR
The New Mass. Health Care Law Is Dangerous
Sally Pipes, Piping Up
The Dangers of Our New Oil Sources
David Sassoon, New York Times
Obamacare Looks Like Medicaid
Scott Gottlieb & Tom Miller, Forbes
Republicans Duck the Real Medicare Debate
Ben Adler, The Nation
The Opportunities in Online Education
Frederick Hess, Straight Up
No Need to Break Up the Banks
Douglas Elliott, RealClearMarkets
A Carbon Tax Would Hobble the Economy
Mark Perry, AEI
The Poor vs. Old Election
Josh Barro, Boston Globe
Tuesday, August 21
GM Is Now Worse Off Than Before the Bailout
Michael Barone, Examiner
The Recession Is Crushing Our Demographics
J. Kotkin, New Geography
Teachers Unions' Power in California
Michael Mishak, Los Angeles Times
Charts That Show Who Pays Taxes
H. Blodget & E. Platt, Business Insider
'Clean Energy' Is Just for the Short Term
Frank Ackerman, TripleCrisis
Only Two Options Left for Fannie and Freddie
Peter Wallison, RCM
A Quiet Whirlwind of Education Reform in Indiana
The Economist
The Non-Hysterical Case Against Obama
David Frum, Daily Beast
Debate: Are Public School Teachers Overpaid?
Education Next
Housing Isn't the Way Out of the Recession
Dean Baker, CEPR
Set Inflation Fears Aside
Mark Thoma, Room for Debate
The Odds of QE3 Are Going Down
Tim Duy, Fed Watch
Wednesday, August 22
What 'The Wire' Tells Us About Poverty
F. Fukuyama, American Interest
Cheesecake Factory Medicare? No Way
Greg Scandlen, Health Policy Blog
Does Romney Want to Increase Class Sizes?
Alyson Klein, Education Week
Ryan Is the Responsible One, Not Obama
Tom Coburn, Wall Street Journal
Does Bernanke Deserve Another Term at the Fed?
J. Pethokoukis, AEI
Ryan's Medicare Plan Would Affect Folks Over 55
Henry Aaron, Yahoo
How Far Should You Live From Work?
Tim De Chant, Per Square Mile
Obama Isn't Killing Coal -- The Market Is
Jordan Weissmann, Atlantic
Are Antibiotics Causing the Obesity Epidemic?
Brandon Keim, Wired
Forget the Fiscal Cliff: Beware the Fiscal Clifflet
Greg Ip, Economist
Government Paternalism Ends Badly
George Will, Washington Post
In Defense of Big Banks
William Harrison, New York Times
Thursday, August 23
What an Obama Second Term Means: Taxes
Kimberley Strassel, WSJ
These Politicians Are Botching Medicare Reform
C. Baum, Bloomberg
Getting Rid of the College Loan Repo Man
Stephen Burd, Wash. Monthly
Want Job Growth? Bring in High-Tech Companies
Mark Muro, Brookings
Tough Times for a Green Entrepreneur
M. Mitchell, Neighborhood Effects
The Romney-Ryan Energy Plan
Kenneth P. Green & Elizabeth DeMeo, AEI
Believe It: Our Schools Are Getting Better
Kevin Drum, Mother Jones
Paul Ryan Failed the Moment of Truth
David Brooks, New York Times
Near-Retirees Got Crushed by the Recession
Catherine Rampell, NYT
Now Obamacare Must Cut Costs
Ruth Marcus, The Washington Post
Poverty's Rising -- But No One Cares
Bob Herbert, Policy Shop
Barack Obama Is Extreme on Abortion
Rich Lowry, Politico
Friday, August 24
The Making of Paul Ryan
J. Martin, M. Allen & K. Glueck, Politico
Graduating Doesn't Mean College-Ready
M. Zatynski, Quick & the Ed
How Did Coal-Rich India End Up with Blackouts?
D. Wysham, Nation
How African Nations Can Avoid the 'Resource Curse'
Joe Stiglitz, Slate
Government Caused the Financial Crisis
Kevin Villani, American Banker
Natural Gas Can't Solve Our Emissions Problems
Michael Levi, CFR
How to Truly Help Minority Students
Lindsey Burke, The Foundry
The Ultimate Guide to the Medicare Debate
Jonathan Cohn, TNR
Romneycare Is Obamacare for Old Folks
Aaron Carroll, JAMA
Both Romney and Obama Are Bad on Energy
The Economist
The Man Who Defeated Inflation
William Silber, Bloomberg
Warren Buffett Dumps Muni Bonds
John Ellis, Via Meadia
Sunday, August 26
What the Lame Duck Can Do
Joseph Minarik, Back in the Black
The GOP Platform Goes There
Harold Pollack, Incidental Economist
Who Could Be Romney's Education Secretary?
Alyson Klein, Ed Week
Why Doesn't Obama Get Any Credit?
Paul Glastris, Washington Monthly
The Middle Class Blames Everyone But Itself
Jordan Weissmann, Atlantic
Politicians Ignorant of Science Because We Are
R. Pomeroy, RCScience
My Summer Inequality Reading List
Miles Corak, Econ for Public Policy
The Dangers of Legalizing Drugs
J. Caulkins & M. Lee, National Affairs
Let Workers Opt Out of the Entitlement State
Moore & Ferrara, TAS
Environmentalists vs. Environmentalists
Steve Stein, Policy Review
How the Wealthy Co-Opted the Economy
Krugman & Wells, NYRB
How to Annoy E.O. Wilson
Michelle Nijhuis, Last Word on Nothing
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