Reihan Salam wondered how Luis Zingales’s proposals for a “pro-market populist” politics that defends “defends freedom of entry in all cases” translates into policy proposals. As I said yesterday , a major political problem with any “pro-market . . . . Continue Reading »
Reihan Salam cites Luis Zingales’s suggestion that Romney run as a “pro-market populist.” Romney could run as a businessman for greater fairness and broadly rising living standards and against entrenched business interests that have allied with the . . . . Continue Reading »
Reihan Salam writing on why some Republican politicians have switched sides on a federal health insurance purchase mandate: As with SOPA, the fact that a large number of Republican lawmakers in 1993 backed an individual mandate doesnt necessarily mean (alas) that they had thought deeply about . . . . Continue Reading »
I don’t entirely agree with Walter Russell Mead that Romney needs to focus on becoming more likeable by doing a great job of explaining his faith. It isn’t that I’m against Romney explaining how he was shaped by his personal faith and his institutional church. I . . . . Continue Reading »