voices.washingtonpost.com - 7/3/2009
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Ezra writes: ****That's not to dismiss all the concerns about this approach. But there is no perfect model. There are only bad models***** I don't think the models are really so bad. We're in the middle of a very severe economic crisis. It's not surprising that a few newspapers should go out of ...
voices.washingtonpost.com - 7/1/2009
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On the issue of the filibuster, Sanders nailed
it. Senate Conserva-Dems, at the very least, should always
vote for cloture (not just when they support a particular bill). Then like their fellow conservatives in the Republican party, they're more than ...
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- Sen. Bernie Sanders and the Coalition of ...
reason.com - 7/7/2009
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reason.com —
Over at the Washington Post , omniscient child
pundit Ezra Klein attempts to solve the inevitable underlying
economic context behind the Post getting caught last week trying to peddle its own ass to health care lobbyists: The question, then, is ...
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Ezra Klein: Better to Subsidize Big Media Than Let Them ...
voices.washingtonpost.com - 7/2/2009
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I used to work for a very large
company. Someone once asked the HR guy: why can't
we get better health benefits (this was, oh, 10 + years ago). He said: well, we're a really large employer, there aren't so many companies that would be able to cover ...
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The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
Ezra uses yesterday's WaPo controversy to advocate for publicly funded news: We have public universities and public centers for disease research
and public firefighting departments and a public military and public
roads. Why should news be different? You can argue that it ...
Ezra Klein: Better to Subsidize Big Media Than Let Them Experiment
Hit & Run —
Over at the Washington Post, omniscient child pundit Ezra Klein attempts to solve the inevitable underlying economic context behind the Post getting caught last week trying to peddle its own ass to health care lobbyists: The question, then, is whether we want newspapers (and magazines, and so forth) so agonizingly vulnerable to these pressures. The news, after all, is not a market good. Among other things, it is not profitable to sell it. Can I just interrupt this fascinating analysis with a ...
All the News That's Fit to Subidize
The Corner on National Review Online —
... ] After his employer gets caught caught trying to peddle influence with the Obama administration, the Washington Post's blogging wunderkind Ezra Klein asks, "S hould Newspapers Be Funded by the Government? ": The question, then, is whether we want newspapers (and magazines, and so forth) so agonizingly vulnerable to these pressures. The news, after all, is not a market good. Among other things, it is not profitable to sell it. But we think society needs it. ... We have public universities and public centers for disease research and public firefighting departments and a public ...
The Trouble With State Media
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
Matt Welch and Michael C. Moynihan beat up on Ezra Klein. Moynihan: If Auntie Beeb has avoided sensationalism, as Klein claims, how does he explain the BBC's own chairman acknowledging that the programming has been significantly "dumbed ...
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krugman.blogs.nytimes.com 6/24/2009 — Ezra takes Meet The Press to task, rightly, for totally misinforming viewers about the health care debate:
Less forgivable was Nina Easton's performance on the actual program last weekend. She explained to the viewers that "the big speed bump this ...
Better Than Ezra
swampland.blogs.time.com 5/18/2009 — Ezra Klein--no relation, but good friend--was always Exhibit A against those people who say there's nothing in the blogosphere but uninformed rant. He's at the top of the list when it comes to journalists covering domestic policy issues, especially ...
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- The Public Plan Compromise That Isn't
voices.washingtonpost.com 6/12/2009 — Ezra wrote: "But maybe they'll succeed. I see no reason not to give it a shot. Let a thousand models bloom." And if you clap your hands Tinkerbell will fly.... I'm F'ing sick and tired of folks not getting at what a majority of Americans correctly ...
Economy Department with Ezra Klein
washingtonpost.com 7/2/2009 — Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. ...
The Rise of Ezra Klein
rossdouthat.theatlantic.com 3/19/2009 — It's awfully hard to say anything that constructive about the infamous JournoList without having access to the kind of discussions that take place on it. When I first heard about it, a while back, it seemed like it might be an example of the ...
Ezra Klein
- The Truth About the Insurance Industry
voices.washingtonpost.com 6/25/2009 — Ezra, the fact that the industry tracks loss ratios is not in itself shocking. All insurers do. If the ratio gets out of hand, they go out of business. A public plan would have to control its ratio or require huge taxpayer bailouts. It is disturbing, ...
Ezra Klein
- The Money Problem
voices.washingtonpost.com 9/4/2009 — Ezra, if only you were around when Medicare was being thought up. And watch our you're going to tick off your liberal buddies if you suggest taxing cadillac plans. Its what SHOULD be done but we should also find a way around defensive medicine but ...
Ezra Klein
- Can Democrats Have a 50-Vote Senate?
voices.washingtonpost.com 8/3/2009 — Many people (even you, Ezra) seem to have a mental block when considering Senate procedure. The rules that require unanimous consent are themselves parliamentary rules, and can be changed as easily as the rules governing reconciliation. Of course ...
Ezra Klein to WaPo
outsidethebeltway.com 4/30/2009 — The Washington Post company continues its consolidation of the media universe with the hire of Ezra Klein. Politico’s Michael Calderone breaks the news:
The American Prospect’s Ezra Klein, one of the top bloggers on politics and policy, ...
Ezra Klein
- No More Regrets
voices.washingtonpost.com 8/28/2009 — Question to Ezra - what is your analysis and expectation in terms where the final bill will land compared to what Pealstein articulated? What are the chances that such a middle ground or say reasonable ground is achieved? About JFK - I believe, one ...
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