One-Party State Watch Arnold Kling By Arnold Kling, Jun 10 2009 SHARE POST: Newt Gingrich connects some dots. In 2008 alone, the UAW gave $4,161,567 to the Democratic Party, including Barack Obama. In return, the UAW received 55 percent of Chrysler and 17.5 percent of GM, plus billions of dollars.
Jun 11 2009 Politics and Economics Motives and Outcomes David Henderson In a comment on my post yesterday, Will Wilkinson defended his parallel between Republicans and Democrats. I had granted him that there were parallels in their hypocrisy. But he went further, writing: I think some libertarians and conservatives are annoyed by my specific example of this pattern because they genuinel... 15 Read More
Jun 10 2009 Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings From Poverty to Prosperity Watch Arnold Kling Daron Acemoglu writes, [Prior to 1800,] growth was never based on continuous technological innovations; thus it never resembled the technology-based growth described in Chapters 13-15. Third, in most cases economic institutions that would be necessary to support sustained growth did not develop. Financial relations we... 2 Read More
Jun 10 2009 Political Economy One-Party State Watch Arnold Kling Newt Gingrich connects some dots. In 2008 alone, the UAW gave $4,161,567 to the Democratic Party, including Barack Obama. In return, the UAW received 55 percent of Chrysler and 17.5 percent of GM, plus billions of dollars. 13 Read More