February 2012 Archive

Joe Nocera Joins the Climate Ignorati

By Joe Romm: Joe Nocera is a business columnist for the NY Times. He understands business, including some aspects of the energy business...

Blaming the Poor for Their Own Poverty: Nicholas Kristof, Charles Murray and the “Culture of Poverty”

By Cameron Riopelle: Nicholas Kristof and Daniel Patrick Moynihan have much in common. Namely, they have constructed variations on the “culture of poverty” argument. In “The ...

NYT on Future of Government Safety Net, Misses Growth and Health Care Stories

By Dean Baker: The NYT had a thoughtful piece on the public’s greater reliance on Social Security, Medicare and other benefits. While the piece provides many useful insights ...