crises

About 80 or 90 years since the very beginning of the story of America we've seen great hinges in history -- what we call crises -- that reshape the public world, and roughly halfway in between we have what are commonly called by historians "great awakenings" where a new values regime comes in.

Generations: The History of America's Future, 1584-2069 1991

The much-bruited idea that Basel rules will make the world freer of financial crises is highly doubtful, given current political circumstances.

Other Comments Steve Forbes 2010

This perspective may or may not be true, and this current crises is bringing to the forefront that age old debate between private and public efficiency.

Matthew Yglesias » The Incredible Fatuousness of Michael Steele 2009

Treasurys are one of the rare investments that are likely to do well in short-term crises when stocks and other assets tumble.

Refresher Class: The Lessons of 2008 Are Timely Again Jonathan Burton 2011

Any failure to drop the filibuster or any other rule that prevents implementation of needed responses to major crises is a deliberate sacrifice of the good of the country in the name of comity with crazy people.

Matthew Yglesias » The New Filibuster 2009

The much-bruited idea that Basel rules will make the world freer of financial crises is highly doubtful, given current political circumstances.

Other Comments Steve Forbes 2010

Fixing the energy crises is the least important thing if the only thing to support this argument is national security, because I am pretty sure spending 4 times the amount Bush did in a year just in Obama's first few months causes more security problems than energy.

Kerry: Palin should check out 'the view from her front porch' 2009

That's exactly part of the point I was trying to make — "simple" populism falls on more fertile ground in American crises than in crises elsewhere.

Just Another Rhumb Line Matthew Guerrieri 2009

So he has Pelosi and her gang write the liberal bills, and have it written and passed in crises mode so no one has time to read or understand them.

Former CIA chiefs call on Obama to stop interrogation probe 2009

Yeah, higher inflation and therefore higher nominal interest rates that allow for more monetary policy flexibility during crises is theft!

Matthew Yglesias » Olivier Blanchard on the Case for Higher Inflation 2010