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yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 1/26/2009

Small-Government Egalitarianism

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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 have not always pitted big-government ...

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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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rossdouthat.theatlantic.com - 1/22/2009

Small-Government Egalitarianism?

— rossdouthat.theatlantic.com — 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. (more) Small-Government Egalitarianism?

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The American Scene — As always, I’m a couple of days late to the argument, but I wanted to make a point about the reaction Matt Yglesias has to a post by Ed Glaesar. Matt’s basic response is: yes, “big government” frequently serves business and other special interests, and where it does libertarians and progressives can make common cause. But where it doesn’t, they can’t, and there’s no particular reason to think that libertarianism is per se more egalitarian than progressivism, nor any particular validity to the implicit argument ...