Compassionate Tyranny
By: Paul Craig Roberts|25 June, 2002|Categories: Articles & Columns|Tags: Compassionate . Tyranny
John Kenneth Galbraith is not a Republican guru. Try to tell President Bush and Senator John McCain. Both are following Galbraith’s political prescription for “the good society.” Six years ago Professor Galbraith published “The Good Society: The Humane Agenda” in which the good society is defined as one politically organized to coerce “the favored” to work for the poor. The…
Read more »Importing People, Exporting Jobs
By: Paul Craig Roberts|18 June, 2002|Categories: Articles & Columns|Tags: importing people in importing religioons
Recent economic reports indicate that the recovery is struggling to move forward. The main barriers are high consumer indebtedness and mediocre corporate earnings. Consequently, neither consumer demand nor business investment is driving the recovery. Interest rates are low, but Federal Reserve easing has not provided the usual stimulus to spending and equity prices. Part of the problem is the reverse…
Read more »Abolishing America (contd.): Bush's Project Safe Neighborhoods Undermines Rule Of Law
By: Paul Craig Roberts|11 June, 2002|Categories: Articles & Columns|Tags: project safe neighborhoods programs in the suburban community
In 1999 Edward Tenner published “Why Things Bite Back,” a provocative book about the unintended consequences of technology. Someone should write a similar book about law, because the unintended consequences are even more far reaching. Gene Healy, a Cato Institute scholar, recently provided a thorough exploration of the unintended consequences of one law, the new Bush-Ashcroft plan to federalize gun…
Read more »Republicans Spurn Base On Affirmative Action, Immigration
By: Paul Craig Roberts|04 June, 2002|Categories: Articles & Columns|Tags: Base . Immigration . Republicans . Spurn
What is the Republican constituency? This fall’s election, with control of Congress important to Bush’s presidency, makes this question central. There are different ways to answer the question. Partisan Democrats, policy wonks, and campaign advisers have different perspectives. Democrats say the Republican constituency consists of interest groups, such as the rich and environmental polluters. Policy wonks emphasize policy goals, such…
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