Tyler Cowen
Foodies-in-Chief
Foodies-in-Chief
Liberalism Needs A Toilet
Mitt Romney has decided that light bulbs represent liberalism's soft underbelly. Actually, they don't. The replacement of incandescent light bulbs with more energy-efficient alternatives is at best a minor inconvenience. READ MORE >>
If Liberals Want to Help the Poor, They Should Focus on the Middle Class
What’s the surest sign that the economic crisis is finally lifting and normalcy is in sight? We’re back to arguing about how the middle class is doing over the long sweep of history since the 1980s: Have they been dragged down by stagnating wages, high-end inequality, economic insecurity, and a greater chance that economic mobility will take them downward than up? Or is the middle class doing OK? READ MORE >>
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-- More on Michele Bachmann's favorite theologian. -- Jonathan Cohn on the most recent health care court decision. READ MORE >>
Conservative Health Care Reform, Can It Exist?
David Brooks predicts what will happen after the Affordable Care Act melts down: READ MORE >>
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-- My latest TRB column: does the GOP want the economy to fail? -- Kevin Drum vs. Tyler Cowen on income inequality -- How Chris Christie is like the Pepsi Challenge READ MORE >>
An Item My Wife Should Read
My wife has never forgiven me for failing to come up with a romantic way to propose to her. Still, there's one guy who I feel confident I'm more romantic than, and that's Tyler Cowen: READ MORE >>
Worth Reading
Research: Those in positions of power are more likely to cheat. Tyler Cowen: Maybe Fed isn't targeting inflation because it would hurt bank recovery. READ MORE >>
