Unfulfilled Promise
Evaluating the first year of the Obama presidency
On the Newsstand:General Motors
Much Ado About Polling
Concerns over the role of the poll are misguided The high number of public opinion polls was impossible to miss during the 2008 election, and, though the horserace is on break, professional pollsters are keeping busy. Polling is no longer a part-time business, and a wide variety of opinion polls, covering everything from congressional and presidential job approval to health ... Read More
Yes, Virginia, this is Socialism
GM has come forward this morning and announced that the only way they will survive is to be nationalized. That’s right, they are voluntarily asking to be taken over by the Department of the Treasury. This seems worrying, for a number of obvious reasons. If they’re incorporated into the government and that becomes the status quo, there’s a real risk ... Read More
Selling the American Dream
Reconciling perceptions and realities of economic mobility in America
