Recently, economist Joseph Stiglitz called the current crisis “avoidable.” He blamed it on “ideology, special-interest pressure, populist politics, and sheer incompetence.” In tune with the norms of his profession, he proposed “policies” to fix the problem. Debates over the worsening economic crisis increasingly turn on which “policies” to use to stop, reverse and “avoid” […]
Archive | November 6, 2008
Somalia, the Third Front Revisited
President Bush has oft stated that history will be the rightful judge of his legacy. Some academics, such as John Lewis Gaddis and Fareed Zakaria, have already begun early revisions to the Bush years. But as historians mark the final score, they must not omit a serious examination of the administration’s policies in Somalia, […]
