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rossdouthat.theatlantic.com - 1/22/2009
Small-Government Egalitarianism?
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Speaking of week-old blog posts, here's a provocative argument from Edward Glaeser - one that foreshadows, I suspect, some interesting intra-conservative debates to come.
The Case for Small-Government Egalitarianism - Economix Blog
economix.blogs.nytimes.com - 1/22/2009
The Case for Small-Government Egalitarianism - Economix Blog
— economix.blogs.nytimes.com — Edward L. Glaeser is an economist at Harvard. The stimulus debate badly needs the voices of that... now-rare breed: Andrew Jackson’s intellectual descendant, the small-government egalitarian. Today, Franklin Roosevelt’s heirs — big-government liberals ... (more) The Case for Small-Government Egalitarianism - Economix ...
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Small-Government Egalitarianism
yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 1/26/2009
Small-Government Egalitarianism
— yglesias.thinkprogress.org — Ed Glaeser has an interesting post on what he terms “the case for small-government egalitarianism” which goes... off into a stimulus detour, but which is more interesting on more enduring issues . He observes that “Political divisions ... (more) Small-Government Egalitarianism
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Weekly Standard Blog — ... employ the least-skilled Americans. Forgoing the payroll tax for households earning less than $75,000 a year is surer progressivism than bridge-building. A payroll tax cut would be, in effect, an instant raise for millions of Americans. And since the cut would not be a one-time rebate - let's hope it would be permanent - it is more likely to change behavior and encourage folks to spend and thus increase demand. What's not to like? (A tip of the hat to Ross Douthat.)

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