Economics Doesn’t Matter?
Over at chez Sawicky, Josh Bivens has an informative rundown of the differences between the center-left and left economic schools of thought in mainstream American policy circles. He’s firmly on the left side but he’s fair to the other.
What I conclude from this debate is that I don’t care much about economics.
We’re in a war that constitutes America’s worst policy blunder in decades. We’re heading for at least one more, possibly several. We lock up a higher percentage of our population than any other country you wouldn’t be ashamed to be compared with, mostly for nonviolent offenses. Our federal government consistently equips our local police forces with military-grade weaponry, with disastrous consequences. Our own laws are broken by every level of our own government day in and day out. Most of these policies are supported wholeheartedly by the mainstream wings of our two major parties.
Anyone who will do anything about those issues has my vote, regardless of economic policy. I can’t possibly imagine choosing a candidate on the basis of “primary vs. secondary distribution interventions". It’s small potatoes.