Can the United States Remain United? A Globalist Special Collection
Why must the United States become a more unified, cohesive society in order to confront its deep-seated issues?
June 24, 2011
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The “Untied” States of AmericaWhy are the United States’ social and economic frustrations becoming most painfully apparent at the state level? |
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America’s New “BSE” Syndrome (Blame Somebody Else)Why is the prognosis for politics and policymaking increasingly bleak in Washington? |
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Divided Government RevisitedDid the era of divided U.S. government really only begin when the Republicans took over the House? |
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The American Dream Is Alive and Well…In ChinaCould it be that the Chinese now believe more in the American Dream than do Americans themselves? |
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Social Media and the Revival of American DemocracyHow could Facebook, YouTube and Twitter help to limit the role of money in U.S. politics? |
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The U.S. and China: Global Economic TwinsHow do the United States and China both struggle with economic fairness and political accountability? |
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After Tucson: The Leadership/Followership ParadoxFor all the American focus on leadership, could it be that what’s amiss is a shortage of followership? |
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Obama: Not Shellacked, But “Lasched”Is two years enough time for politicians to stay in office and get concrete results? |
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Larry Summers: Economic Idolatrist, or False Prophet?Why has the former U.S. Treasury Secretary gone from hyping the United States to breathlessly promoting India? |
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Where Fox News Gets It RightWhy should the mainstream media take a page from Fox News and offer clearer connections between issues? |
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The Weimar Republic and the Ominous Rise of Jon StewartWhy is Jon Stewart’s rise bad news — not just for the United States, but also the world as a whole? |
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“Defeating the Taliban”: Naïveté and the American EmpireWhile modern “Rome” is burning, why do U.S. foreign policy elites keep meddling in overseas adventures? |
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U.S. Health Insurers: Scamming a Hurried PeopleWhy are U.S. health insurance companies as difficult to deal with as bureaucracies in Soviet-era Russia? |
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Dateline America: What’s So Horrible About Being Anti-Colonialist?Is President Obama really an anti-colonialist, as Dinesh D’Souza argues? And so what if he is? |
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Fiscal Keynesianism for the Upper ClassesWhy do elites like Peter Orszag and Bob Samuelson advocate fiscal favors being showered on wealthy Americans in an era of record deficits? |
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The American Bankers Association as a Debt-Pushing BrigadeIs it really wise to open the credit spigot to those who can’t afford it? |
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Goldman Sachs and the Vatican: Two Cultures of InfallibilityWhat does the world’s most successful financial firm need to learn from the travails of the Catholic Church? |
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America’s Regulation/Supervision ParadoxWhen it comes to financial markets, why is supervision as crucial as regulation — if not more so? |
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The U.S. Healthcare Debate: Still Catching Up to BismarckWill U.S. leaders finally strike the same bargain that Germany’s arch-conservative leader pulled off back in 1883? |
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America’s “Lost Decade” Is Already Behind ItCould it be that America’s “lost decade” is already behind it? |
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