links for 2007-05-11 Matthew Yglesias: The Economist offers its usual mix of interesting reporting and bizarre editorial judgment in its coverage of Rupert Murdoch's efforts to buy The Wall Street Journal: "Inevitably, given Mr Murdoch's reputation as a hands-on proprietor, t Mark Kleiman: Wolfowitz had indeed asserted that the ethics committee was "aware" of the details of the State Department deal. I assumed, as we all were no doubt meant to assume, that the "awareness" was the result of full disclosure by Wolfowitz. Now, in Martin Wolf - Why Sarkozy’s triumph portends strife in Europe Krishna Guha, Andrew Ward, Demetri Sevastopulo and Eoin Callan: Wolfowitz seeks more time to reply to panel World Bank's Wolfowitz Controversy Timeline IMF Legend Michael Mussa: Wolfowitz Should Resign James Taranto: If the Bush Administration now abandons Mr. Wolfowitz as he faces a decision from the bank's board of governors, it will not only betray a friend but hand the biggest victory yet to its audacious enemies in the George Soros axis. Ruth Wedgwood: The Wolfowitz non-story A Neoliberal Education - Ezra Klein and Charles Peters James K. Galbraith ln John Kenneth Galbraith's The New Industrial State John Quiggin: The Two-Party System Joshua Micah Marshall: Alberto Gonzales on why White House Counsel Harriet Miers wanted Lewis prosecutor Debra Yang fired: Because she was sensitive to Yang's financial situation and that she wanted a more lucrative job. Said Gonzales: "Ms. Miers may have Michael O'Hare on CFL Lightbulbs Kevin Drum: A Wee Test of the Free Market in Health Care Kevin Drum: Banana Republicanism: Bradley Schlozman Steve Clemons: Zalmay Khalilzad: What a Difference an Ambassador Makes Avedon Carol: Matt Stoller, Chris Bowers, Rick Perlstein, and Ezra Klein, engage in discourse on the netroots/liberal blogosphere with Jonathan Chait. I think it's true that 1998 was a significant spark to the new movement, but I still agree with Chait th Robert Waldmann: As a practical matter, people like DeLong and Kleiman who have some influence on the debate must assume that they can only move it a tiny bit in this or that direction. Thus the question is not whether it would be good if people thought o Murray Waas: Administration Withheld E-Mails About Rove (05/10/07): The Bush administration has withheld a series of e-mails from Congress showing that senior White House and Justice Department officials worked together to conceal the role of Karl Rove in Geoffrey Wheatcroft: War Cost Blair Respect Clive Crook on Alan Blinder on Outsourcing Elizabeth Price: Trade Deficit Widens on Oil Demand David Wessel: Capitalism as practiced in the U.S. is different from the capitalism practiced in, say, Singapore or Saudi Arabia. "Capitalism...takes many forms, which differ substantially...in their implications for economic growth and elimination of pove Axis of Soros: The Wall Street Journal Editorial Page Attacks the Rootless Cosmopolites Gary Becker and Kevin Murphy demonstrate how association with AEI reduces your cognitive ability FT.com / In depth: Sarkozy: Thatcherism in one pays? I look forward to Claudia Goldin's forthcoming salary negotiations with her dog: "(Al Gore would approve — no electricity used). She cleans the floor — really well — if something spills. She’s my personal trainer and lowers my husband’s blood pr Bajillion: Blood, Water, Etc: I agree that it seems very plausible to say that we have special, or additional, moral obligations to "those with whom [we] cooperate more", like relatives, co-workers, teammates, etc. Lumping all of those groups together, th Mark Kleiman: Large-Scale Social Cooperation in the East African Plains Ape: One of the fundamental facts about human beings is our capacity to cooperate at large scale, over long distance, and over time. Economic exchange is an important means of facilit Patrick Cockburn and Tom Engelhardt: A Small War Guaranteed to Damage a Superpower Morton Kondracke Advocates Ethnic Cleansing Policy In Iraq, ‘Also Known As Winning Dirty’ James Reston: We're all responsible for Iraq: The philosophers tell us that there are four types of responsibility for which an individual and a society can be held to account for aggressive or unprovoked war. Criminal guilt applies to the power structure James K. Galbraith: Why Populists Need to Re-think Trade: The left Democratic anti-free-trade agenda "is not reality-based. As policy, it would not achieve the senators' basic objective -- namely, more jobs at higher wages in the United States. As politic
