Economy
A Possible Summers Successor and Her (Potential) Citigroup Problem (UPDATED)
Thrifty’s Not So Nifty
An Idea a Day to Keep Jobs in Play
What a president does communicates a message to the American people, and, sometimes, what he does not do communicates a message as well. It can inform the public’s opinion about what he thinks is wrong and what he thinks is right; what needs fixing and what is working. READ MORE >>
What You Need to Know About Austan Goolsbee (and Then Some...)
[Guest post by Noam Scheiber:] READ MORE >>
You Say Recession, I Say Depression
The terms “recession” and “depression” were once used to suggest that a downturn was not as bad as a “panic” or “crisis.” In fact, for the first years of his presidency, Herbert Hoover chose to refer to the downturn as a “depression” in an effort to convey that what the country was experiencing was just a temporary indentation. Only in 1931 did Hoover begin to speak of a “Great Depression.” READ MORE >>
TNR on the Labor Movement
It's Labor Day, a time to commemorate and reexamine the role of organized labor in American life. The best way to do so, of course, is to browse this collection of classic TNR pieces on labor, written by senior editors John B. Judis and Jonathan Cohn: READ MORE >>
Sarah Palin is So... Predictable
[Guest post by Noam Scheiber:] Per this excellent Times story, it appears that Palin's opposition to just-defeated Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski stems not from ideological differences or even tactical disagreements but ... a personal slight: READ MORE >>
That Gallup Poll May Be--Gasp!--Worse Than It Looks
[Guest post by Noam Scheiber:] Much of Washington--this resident included--spent the morning clucking over the just-released Gallup poll showing Democrats down ten points in a generic contest with Republicans. This, Gallup helpfully informs us, is the largest GOP margin in the poll's entire history, dating back to 1942. READ MORE >>
