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Obama Invokes FDR's Battle For Social Security

Posted 09.20.2009 | Politics


In his remarks at Organizing for America's National Health Care Forum on Thursday, President Obama invoked FDR's battle to pass Social Security, clear...

Obama Isn't FDR Yet -- But He Might Still Do It

Johann Hari | Posted 05.29.2009 | Politics


Johann Hari

To the people who shrug and say that politicians are all the same, answer with four words: torture and stem cells.

Obama's Fireside Chats: Regular Television Addresses

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 04.17.2009 | Politics


Slate reports that President Obama is considering a series of short televised addresses to respond to economic issues -- taking a cue from Franklin D....

Newsweek: Obama's Job Is Harder Than FDR's

Newsweek | Posted 04.12.2009 | Politics


As the financial markets pause at the edge of the abyss, deciding whether to back away, we should take a moment to mull over all the Blame Obama rheto...

The Obamanomics Diet

Mark Adams | Posted 03.30.2009 | Politics


Mark Adams

If Obama wants to improve wellness for Americans while slimming the deficit before the 2012 elections, he might consider adopting another role model from the New Deal era: Bernarr Macfadden.

Obama's Recipe: Two Parts FDR, Dash Of Reagan

wsj.com | Posted 03.20.2009 | Politics


Abraham Lincoln may be President Barack Obama's favorite predecessor, but in his early White House days his recipe has been two parts Franklin D. Roos...

Fighting the New Deal All Over Again

Kim Phillips-Fein | Posted 03.16.2009 | Politics


Kim Phillips-Fein

As the idea of the New Deal comes back in style, so does opposition to the vision of activist government.

The New Deal Redux

June Hopkins | Posted 02.07.2009 | Politics


June Hopkins

The PWA was Wall Street; the WPA was Main Street. The PWA served to stimulate business; the WPA employed Americans. Both served to boost the economy and rebuild the nation's infrastructure.

An Open Letter to President-Elect Obama

Rob Riemen | Posted 02.02.2009 | Politics


Rob Riemen

As you compose your inaugural address, I fervently hope that you will not pass over the exchange of ideas in the White House between a great president and a great intellectual on the chilly morning of January 14, 1941.

Krugman: We're In For A Year Of "Economic Hell"

The Huffington Post | Posted 01.22.2009 | Politics


Paul Krugman writes Monday that, no matter what President-elect Obama does, we're in for up to a year of "economic hell" -- and that things will never...

Obama's Transition: What Change Will Look Like

Time | Posted 12.14.2008 | Politics


It is one of the ironies of politics and history that when the candidate of change was pondering what he would do if he actually got elected President...

Obama And The End Of Reaganomics

Robert Kuttner | Posted 09.20.2008 | Home


Robert Kuttner

A President Obama's greatest challenge would be to reverse the ideological assumptions of the past three decades and then to use affirmative government to deliver not just economic recovery but a just and balanced economy and a revitalized democracy.