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The Economist’s assesment of Barack Obama’s first two months in office. Kudos for good efforts on the global scale, but domestic policy is stumbling:
There are two main reasons for this. The first is Mr Obama’s failure to grapple as fast and as single-mindedly with the economy as he should have done. His stimulus package, though [...]
Et link til Henrik Fogh Rasmussens klumme i går:
Udover ønsket om at skade en mulig konkurrent til Barack Obama i 2012 er der to mulige forklaringer på Demokraternes kampagne imod Sanford. Den første forklaring er, at Demokraterne ærligt og oprigtigt tror på, at 700 millioner til undervisning vil hjælpe South Carolinas økonomi mere end at [...]
is really just another reason why we shouldn’t nationalize banks. If you can’t stand they way they do business – including the way they make their contracts – don’t give them any money!
That may strike many people as a bit of convenient legalese, but maybe there is something to it. If you think this economy [...]
What policy will the Obama administration pursue towards Iran? Will they support freedom or will they try negotiations to get a deal on the nuclear issue? Excellent piece by Mariam Memarsadeghi and Akbar Atri, who I am lucky to call my real-life friends, in The Washington Post. Bottom line: Obama has shown what democracy can [...]
Charles Murray’s Irving Kristol lecture on Human Happiness. Life in a social democracy might be pleasant, but it is rarely satisfying, and therefore lacks happiness.
What to do about the Danes and their high happiness? The key to the Danes’ happiness might be their low expectations.
I’m reading Charles Murray’s book What It Means To Be A [...]
Posted in Denne blog on mar 13th, 2009
Jeg skriver jo om Obama hele tiden. Er der andet vigtigt at skrive om?
Klumme her fra Finn Ziegler.
En del af pengene er øremærket eller afsat til projekter, som skal øge populariteten af demokratiske kongrespolitikere i hjemstaterne. Eksempelvis er 10% af de midler, som er afsat til udvikling af højhastighedstog, øremærket til et projekt, som skal forbinde Las Vegas med L.A. Det er tilfældigvis her, lederen af Demokraterne i [...]
Posted in Politik on mar 12th, 2009
Et af USAs største problemer – hvis ikke det største – er de offentlige skolers dårlige tilstand. I modsætning til hvad mange danskere forestiller sig, er skolerne i USA primært offentlige og skolevalget mere ufrit end i Danmark, der har et fleksibelt friskolesystem og gode vilkår for privatskoler. Obama har nu meldt ud om de [...]
Min nyeste klumme i Berlingske Tidende: Tæt på Obama.
Hvis USA er verdens centrum, så er Washington DC omdrejningspunktet i USA. Der var engang, hvor New York brystede sig af titlen »Hele verdens hovedstad«. De tider er forbi. Verdens økonomiske og politiske fremtid bliver afgjort lige her, i et pænt, hvidt hus et par [...]
WSJ editorial on Barack Obama’s Address to Congress (which I found both impressive and vague).
Mr. Obama clearly believes the recession has created a political moment when Americans are frightened enough to be open to a new era of expanded government. The question is whether his vast ambitions will allow the private economy to grow enough [...]
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