The Environmental Protection Agency released new regulations on mercury emissions this week. Predictably, the right-wing has been screaming about the extent to which these regulations will kill jobs. Many observers have already figured out that the right-wing has decided to just call anything it does not like job-killing whether it is true or not. But… Continue reading The rhetoric of job-killing has reached absurd levels
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The three big conservative philosophical frameworks
Conservatives are pretty shifty in arguments. One moment they appear to be concerned about the poor and how taxes will ultimately hurt them and kill their jobs. The other moment they seem to think the poor don’t deserve anything anyways. Most folks — no matter their political leanings — do not consciously think about the… Continue reading The three big conservative philosophical frameworks
Sears and the race to the bottom
The Atlantic Cities ran an interesting piece today about corporate relocation battles. The short of it is that states compete with one another to bring in specific corporations by giving away huge sums of public money. Right now, Ohio and Illinois are fighting over the Sears corporate headquarters, with both states offering around $400 million… Continue reading Sears and the race to the bottom
Arguing about property
There are many different philosophical ways to arrive at an economically leftist political position. One of those philosophical approaches — which I think has been somewhat neglected — is centered on the issue of property ownership. Unfortunately, many — even on the left — will concede that property rights exist, and that the institution of… Continue reading Arguing about property