Clint Eastwood’s Ad Makes Democrats’ Day: Amity Shlaes
Illustration by Post Typography
By
Amity Shlaes
Clint Eastwood has been busy fending
off critics who posit that the Super Bowl commercial he made for
Chrysler represents election-year propaganda for President
Barack Obama.
The long clip, “Halftime in America,” features the Hollywood star walking around the automobile factory floor and talking about how recoveries like Chrysler’s are a model for the rest of the country. Eastwood later shot back on Fox News that he was “not politically affiliated with Mr. Obama” and that the commercial was “about job growth.”
The long clip, “Halftime in America,” features the Hollywood star walking around the automobile factory floor and talking about how recoveries like Chrysler’s are a model for the rest of the country. Eastwood later shot back on Fox News that he was “not politically affiliated with Mr. Obama” and that the commercial was “about job growth.”
Dodd-Frank's Successful Predecessor: Echoes
Ferdinand Pecora, Wall Street enforcer, March 1, 1938.
Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
By
Charles Geisst
J.P. Morgan Jr. (left) and Senator Duncan Fletcher of Florida at the Pecora Commission hearings.
Source: Author's collection
Black Helicopters Hover Over Economic Reality: Caroline Baum
Maybe it’s inevitable that politics
play a role in economic policy. After all, the two disciplines
were pretty much intertwined until the 20th century.
Today, political economy has taken on a whole new meaning. Perhaps “politicized economy” would be a more accurate description.
Some of the politicization is natural and understandable: Political philosophies dictate economic preferences and vice versa.
Today, political economy has taken on a whole new meaning. Perhaps “politicized economy” would be a more accurate description.
Some of the politicization is natural and understandable: Political philosophies dictate economic preferences and vice versa.
Can You Pass the ‘Beverly Hillbillies’ Test?: Virginia Postrel
Illustration by O.O.P.S.
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