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Progressive intelligence and opinion

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Discussion of societal issues from a socially progressive point of view. Commonly featuring a short analysis and stand-point on current events, recently released studies and press articles. Posts are commonly between 150 and 500 words long.

Added on: Jun 25th, 2007
Country: United States
Language: English

Author: Sven Brendel
Listed in: Democratic Society
Tags: politics science society progressive Liberal economics

Recent Posts

Fact time: Global warming

Posted on Wednesday March 11th, 2009 at 16:49 in politics, global warming, economics

The denial of global warming has become less frequent and common - indeed many conservatives now admit it exists. Some have even admitted that a significant share of it is human caused, but perhaps it is not such a severe problem. Well, Nobel Prize w...
Jindal's nonsense response

Posted on Wednesday February 25th, 2009 at 10:25 in politics, Republicans, Democrats, obama, economics, conservatives, Liberals, jindal

Jindal's conservative response to Obama's address was eloquent but fallacious through and through. The main idea was the Americans, not government will solve America's problems. There is just one thing wrong in this line of reasoning: the American go...
Public supports Obama; tells GOP to adandon laissez-faire dogma

Posted on Tuesday February 24th, 2009 at 01:25 in politics, Republicans, Democrats, obama, economics, opinion polls, keynesian economics, economic stimuli package

According to recent polls:68% approve of Obama's job preformance64% approve of his stimulus plan71% beleive he's been trying to reach across the aisle63% beleive Republicans opposed the stimulus for political reasons rather than economic reasons80% b...
Sweden, model for America?

Posted on Sunday February 22nd, 2009 at 19:35 in politics, sweden, United States, economics, taxes, conservatism, norway, welfare state, denmark, liberalism, social democracy, nordic model

Maybe; from a research paper I'm working on:In recent years the political right in the United States and Europe has used comparisons of affluence that show European countries being considerably poorer than the U.S. to gain support for its agenda. Acc...
Senate Idiocy

Posted on Wednesday February 11th, 2009 at 18:30 in economics, economic stimulus package

According to the AP, "Originally, Pelosi and House Democrats wanted a new program dedicated to school construction, but Collins held firm against that." Why? Building schools creates more jobs in the short-run and gives us the benefits of a better ed...
Why the minimum wage doesn't kill jobs

Posted on Wednesday February 11th, 2009 at 15:17 in income, economics, minimum wage

From the economists over at AngryBear,Politicians tasked with convincing democratic majorities that they should oppose minimum wage increases generally fall back on the economic argument that such increases simply lead to job losses. Often they go on...