Managing the Economy, Reich Style
There’s a new star in the Clinton constellation – Robert Reich. Tapped to be Secretary of Labor, he has been called “brilliant” and “a genius,” and hailed as…
Category: Economy
What’s at Stake in Health Care Reform? — February 1993
Health Care Reform: Medical IRA’s and Tax Fairness
More than 500 influential health care players came from all over the country to Washington, D.C. last week to learn about health care reform. It was the perfect…
Managed Competition: Cui Bono?
Some new jargon is coming into the English language and you won’t find the definitions in your dictionary. If you don’t know what the new words and phrases…
Yes, Indeed, It’s Time for Finger Pointing
With grace in adversity, President Bush took “full responsibility” for his defeat. But then he added, “There must be no finger pointing.” I beg to differ, first, because…
Clinton’s Secret Plan to Tax the Middle Class
The most frequent refrain in Bill Clinton’s speeches is his repeated assertion that he is going to sock it to the rich, whom he defines as those “over…
Bush and the Economy
The “mother” of all dishonest television ads is the current Clinton spot which accuses George Bush of raising taxes, specifically citing the tax increase in the so-called “deficit…
Bill Clinton’s New Covenant
Bill Clinton’s New Covenant is a different kettle of fish from Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal, John F. Kennedy’s New Frontier, and Lyndon B. Johnson’s Great Society. Whereas…
Who is the Cultural Elite?
Vice President Dan Quayle has upset a lot of people by his criticisms of the “cultural elite.” I watched a television interviewer hammering him last week. “You were…