So here begins a series of musings about the fate of the reform movement and my essential belief that it must begin from the bottom-up, i.e. at the level of the city and county government that provide… more →
Jon Taplin's BlogJon Taplin wrote 1 week ago: So here begins a series of musings about the fate of the reform movement and my essential belief tha … more →
Jon Taplin wrote 1 week ago: Even as the market moves lower this morning due to the crash of Dubai World (those wonderful folks B … more →
Jon Taplin wrote 2 weeks ago: For me the most distressing aspect of American politics over the last 30 years is the realization th … more →
Jon Taplin wrote 9 months ago: A few brave California Republican State Senators broke with the Ayatollahs this morning and passed a … more →
Jon Taplin wrote 9 months ago: The Republican Leadership in California is like the Guardian Council of Ayatollahs in Iran. If you m … more →
Jon Taplin wrote 9 months ago: Everytime I hear the Republicans say we need to cut budgets and not spend more on stimulus, I look a … more →
Jon Taplin wrote 10 months ago: The one real casualty of the brokered compromise on the Recovery Act was the notion of Progressive F … more →
Jon Taplin wrote 10 months ago: Didn’t we just have an election over this? A not-so-funny thing happened on the way to economi … more →
Jon Taplin wrote 10 months ago: For the last month, I have been gripped by the gnawing sensation that all of the conventional wisdom … more →
Jon Taplin wrote 10 months ago: Those moderate Republicans in the Northeast are going to be under some serious pressure in the next … more →
Jon Taplin wrote 10 months ago: Since the very beginning of this blog I have been writing about a concept called New Federalism. Wha … more →
Jon Taplin wrote 10 months ago: Our President takes the exactly right tone on the issue of Wall Street’s scandalous bonus paym … more →
Jon Taplin wrote 10 months ago: The Republicans voted in lockstep against the Stimulus Bill that Rush Limbaugh has been fulminating … more →
Jon Taplin wrote 10 months ago: Last week I wrote that we should define our Afghanistan objectives. Yesterday, Robert Gates, reflect … more →
Jon Taplin wrote 10 months ago: This is the scariest chart I’ve seen in a long time. It is the visual depiction of the destruc … more →
Jon Taplin wrote 10 months ago: David Cole, who runs the supposedly independent Center for Automotive Research (funded by the car co … more →
Jon Taplin wrote 10 months ago: Here is where the New Federalism can lead us to real change. President Obama will direct federal reg … more →
Jon Taplin wrote 10 months ago: I have written about Jeremy Grantham before. I think he’s one of the few money managers who … more →
Jon Taplin wrote 10 months ago: I’ve said before that when David Brooks and Paul Krugman both have a disagreement with somethi … more →