Here’s a list of articles that I have been reading today (organized by topic):
Economics
- A Bug, Not a Feature, by Greg Mankiw
- Quality Reporting Doesn’t Come Cheap, by Peter R. Kann
Wall Street Journal: “The decline of newspapers is a tragedy for democracy. How can it be stopped?”
Financial Crisis
- One Year Later, by Duncan Niederauer
Wall Street Journal: “Reform of Wall Street means smarter financial regulation, not over-regulation.”
Foreign Policy
- The Afghan Imperative, by David Brooks
New York Times: “Fighting the Afghan war the easy way hasn’t worked. Only the full counterinsurgency doctrine offers a chance of success.”
Health Care Reform
- If air travel worked like health care, by Jonathan Rauch
- Updated legislative scenarios for health reform, by Keith Hennessey
- The Fight Over Flexible Spending Accounts, by Ron Lieber
New York Times: “To help pay for a health care bill, one proposal involves capping the amount people can put into special accounts for health-related spending.”
Here’s a classic example of a tax increase on the middle class that won’t be called (by the political class, anyway) a tax increase.
Miscellaneous
- Morals Class Is Starting; Please Pass the Popcorn, by Patricia Cohen
New York Times: “Michael J. Sandel’s “Justice,” long one of the most popular classes at Harvard, will now be available for free online and on public television.”
Politics
- Congress Needs a 72-Hour Waiting Period, by John Fund
Wall Street Journal: “Voters want enough time to debate bills. Nancy Pelosi doesn’t.”
- Interview with Mitch Daniels: ‘We Are the Initiators’, by Kim Strassel
Wall Street Journal: “The Indiana governor on how to be an activist—and also a popular—Republican conservative.”