In the endless run-up to health care reform legislation, two journalists’ commentaries stood out: Ezra Klein’s in The Washington Post and Jonathan Cohn’s in The New Republic. Cohn is now posting a five-part series on the TNR website that offers a blow-by-blow insider’s take on what happened and why. The story isn’t pretty from the perspective of those of us who’d like to believe that policymaking can be a rational exercise. But it is certainly a fascinating primer in politics as the art of the possible.
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Fly on the Wall |
Professor Dieter Helm (Oxford) is a very fine fly fisherman, and an even better economist. If you haven’t done so, take a look at his new book “The Carbon Crunch: How We Are Getting Climate Change Wrong — and How to Fix It” for a bit of unconventional wisdom. He argues that politicians and the general public have not shown any real interest in addressing climate change. Helm argues that places like Europe should focus on setting a price for carbon that would cover consumption (and not just production), and that fracking could be a good “bridge” technology for reducing consumption of coal. The book is readable and insightful for those interested in the inside track on climate policy. 
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