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Only a National Primary Day will Bring Moderation to Either Party
In the presidential debates for the Democratic party nomination so far, instead of a debate, we have seen each candidate attempting to...

Oren Levin-Waldman
Oct 18, 20193 min read
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The Importance of the GM Strike: It is About the Middle Class
Last week the United Auto Workers (UAW) went out on strike against General Motors (GM), ostensibly over pay and benefits. Perhaps the...

Oren Levin-Waldman
Sep 24, 20194 min read
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Elites, the Working Class, and Willful "Maximum Feasible Misunderstanding"
In the early 1970s the late Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan published a book entitled Maximum Feasible Misunderstanding. He wrote about...

Oren Levin-Waldman
Sep 9, 20195 min read
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The Future of Work: What the March of Technology will Bring Us
As the march off technology continues on, we are left to ponder a larger and perhaps deeper question: just what will the future of work...

Oren Levin-Waldman
Aug 27, 20194 min read
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Democrats and Republicans are Both Wrong on the Minimum Wage
People may be forgiven if they slept through the House of Representatives passing a bill last month to gradually raise the minimum wage

Oren Levin-Waldman
Aug 14, 20194 min read
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Progressive Politicians Still Don’t Get It: It Really is About the Middle Class
All of the candidates vying for the Democratic party nomination are for an increase in the minimum wage. They reflexively support it because

Oren Levin-Waldman
Jul 2, 20194 min read
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Labor Market Profiles Might Tell Candidates More than Tradition Public Opinion Polls
A presidential election is ultimately about agenda setting. Each campaign is attempting to set an agenda and build support for future...

Oren Levin-Waldman
Jun 19, 20194 min read
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Income Inequality Continues to Rise Amidst Greater Globalization.
Income Inequality Continues to Rise Amidst Greater Globalization: The Governing Elite Cares for Neither Democracy nor the Middle Class....

Oren Levin-Waldman
Jun 6, 20195 min read
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Candidates Need to Identify the Median Voter
It has long been a truism of American politics that to win the party nomination for president one has to run to the party’s extremes, and...
olevinwaldman
May 23, 20194 min read
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Rising Inequality: Where is the Revolution?
Income inequality continues to rise amidst greater globalization and along with it political polarization continues to rise too. With the...
olevinwaldman
May 23, 20194 min read
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What the Left Doesn’t Understand About Taxes
As the Democratic party moves further to the left and the Republican party moves further to the right, not only will the polarization...
olevinwaldman
May 23, 20195 min read
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