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...realms of foreign and economic policy was unpolluted by short-term partisan politics, when words like intellectual and realism and, yes, global weren't terms of opprobrium. This Administration has presided over the culmination of a trend that has been a long time building: the triumph of politics and populist anti-intellectualism over policy...
...moves helped calm the jangled nerves of French workers, but raised fresh questions about Sarkozy's methods. The call for tax harmonization is an easy populist win, but higher corporate taxes will likely do nothing to protect French jobs and could end up making the E.U. a whole lot less competitive. "The question isn't halting the departure of lower-skilled jobs to cheaper markets, and Sarkozy should know that," says Marc Touati, chief economist of Natexis Banques Populaires. "The challenge is getting those same companies to reinvest gains made from outsourcing to create new jobs in research, hi-tech...
...EUROPE SPAIN: Populist Prime Minister Zapatero faces tough challenges...
...Bowl in his native St. Louis, but more to the point, he knows no such thing as an ironic thrill. Ever since he became an instant gazillionaire thanks to his 2000 nursery-rhyme hit, Country Grammar, his life has been dedicated to the fulfillment of a Maxim-style populist fantasy: fun, all the time. He owns a massive house by a Missouri lake, a clothing line and a slice of an NBA team, and, if they kept charts on such things, he would easily be the No. 1 artist in the history of the exotic-dance industry. (Strippers love...
It’s election season again-—the Undergraduate Council election season, that is—so get ready for the perennial laundry list of promises from dozens of candidates. One of the most familiar populist vows will be to outfit all student dorm rooms on campus with cable television, not just the “lucky” residents of DeWolfe and Jordan. The candidates, however, should carefully ponder whether or not they support such a plan: not because of issues of cost, but instead because of the impact it would have on the Harvard community...