Joel Schlosberg

Has New York Times columnist Paul Krugman become an advocate of laissez-faire? Probably not. But if he carried his observations “On the Economics of Not Dying” (May 28) to their logical conclusion, he just might. Krugman notes that economic growth is “just a means to an end, namely, improving the quality of life” – and … Continue reading “War Is Not Healthy for the Economy and Other Living Things”

On two days in May fifty years ago, American police and National Guard troops fired their weapons into crowds of anti-Vietnam-War protesters, killing six American students at two American state universities. On May 4, 1970 Ohio National Guard troops fatally wounded Allison Krause, Jeffrey Miller, Sandra Scheuer, and William Schroeder at Kent State University. On … Continue reading “Kent State, Jackson State, and the State”