Posts by Bob Kuttner
Biden and the Inflation Trap
Can the president be even more effective in countering the Republicans’ false narrative?
Read MoreCheap Grace
Anti-slavery meets the modern sale of naming rights at Harvard.
Read MoreBetter Rules for Community Reinvestment
Biden’s progressive regulators act to put new muscle in an old law.
Read MoreThe Fed’s Dilemma
The half-point rate hike will make little difference in dealing with the causes and cures of rising prices.
Read MoreFake Populist Meets Real Populist
An Ohio Senate race between J.D. Vance and Tim Ryan would test the appeal of cultural grievances versus economic ones.
Read MoreGoing Small
Why does Joe Biden keep dithering on student debt cancellation?
Read MoreWeakening China Tariffs Will Not Relieve Inflation
Some in the administration are again pushing for tariff cuts. Their approach is bad economics and worse politics.
Read MoreDeSantis and Disney: A Plague on Both Their Houses
It’s unconscionable and probably unconstitutional to punish the Walt Disney Company for opposing Florida’s anti-LGBTQ legislation. But Disney’s private-government deal is its own scandal.
Read MoreWho Was That Masked Man?
It makes good sense to retain the mask mandate, but keeping it is difficult politics.
Read MoreThe Political Case for Student Debt Cancellation
Tens of millions of young Americans of moderate income are crushed by debt. Joe Biden could be their hero.
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