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“ Every society has to walk on two feet, just like an individual does. I call the left foot the foot of social provision...and the right foot the foot of irreducible personal responsibility.
The Responsible Wealth project is a small network of business owners and wealthy Americans who want to pay more taxes. Eric Schoenberg, a behavioral economist at Columbia University’s Business School and a member of the Responsible Wealth project, explains why he thinks he owes the government more money. Plus, the third installment of Earth Month with New York Times writer Andrew Revkin; former Daily News columnist and Yale professor Jim Sleeper; and how your cell phone may or may not affect your brain.
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Tax My Money, Please!
Eric Schoenberg, a behavioral economist at Columbia University’s Business School and a member of the UFE's Responsible Wealth Network, says the wealthy (he's one of them) should pay more taxes and donates his share of the "Bush tax cut" to the cause.
How much does the ...
Taxed Enough Already!
A year after their first rallies, Tea Party members are marking Tax Day with protests around the country, including one tonight in Manhattan. We check in on the state of the movement and its local activism after the party's first year with Alfonzo Rachel, a Tea Party ...
Earth Month: Population
In the third week of Earth Month, New York Times Dot Earth blogger Andrew Revkin explains sustainability efforts in light of the skyrocketing global population.
The Big Sleep
Jim Sleeper, lecturer in Political Science at Yale University and former Daily News columnist, discusses his recent columns and the twentieth anniversary of his book The Closest of Strangers: Liberalism and the Politics of Race in New York (W.W. Norton, 1990).
Electro-Magnetic Field Manual
Nathaniel Rich, a contributor to Harper's Magazine, an editor at The Paris Review, and the author of The Mayor's Tongue, looks at what scientists know and don't know about the health effects of electromagnetic radiation from cell phones and wi-fi. His article "For Whom the Cell ...
Open Phones: NJ Education Cuts
The debate over New Jersey Governor Chris Christie's proposed education cuts continues. Are you on the side of the governor, or the teacher's union? Give us a call and let us know if you've chosen a side, and why!