Open Letter: Let’s Sit-In to Save Democracy From the Billionaire Class Open Letter: Let’s Sit-In to Save Democracy From the Billionaire Class
More than 1,000 people have pledged to join progressive leaders in a congressional sit-in, to take our elections back from moneyed special interests.
Dec 2, 2015 / Rhana Bazzini, Medea Benjamin, Ben Cohen, Jodie Evans, Joseph Huff-Hannon, Lawrence Lessig, Joan Mandle, Kai Newkirk, Carlos Saavedra, Umi Selah, Paul Song, Zephyr Teachout, Cenk Uygur, and Winnie Wong
Quashing the Comcast Merger Is Just the Beginning Quashing the Comcast Merger Is Just the Beginning
A new antitrust movement is on the march.
Apr 29, 2015 / Zephyr Teachout
Obama’s Financial Sector Proposals: Oversight v. Change Obama’s Financial Sector Proposals: Oversight v. Change
Obama today announced his proposal for restructuring the financial sector, and although there are some excellent parts of the proposal, with real teeth on them (new standards on le...
Jun 17, 2009 / Zephyr Teachout
Corruption and Careful Reading: A Response to George Will Corruption and Careful Reading: A Response to George Will
Last week, George Will spent his Sunday column in the Washington Post attacking an article I recently wrote in the Cornell Law Review. Of course it is gratifying to have an academi...
Jun 1, 2009 / Zephyr Teachout
The Madisonian Impulse Behind Antitrust Law The Madisonian Impulse Behind Antitrust Law
In the last two weeks, there have been two big stories about antitrust law in the New York Times, and one in the Wall Street Journal. As the Wall Street Journal's blog just recomme...
May 18, 2009 / Zephyr Teachout
Its Time to Merge Business and Politics Its Time to Merge Business and Politics
Before economics became a separate branch of study, scholars like Adam Smith used to write as political economists, examining the nature of production and its relationship to gover...
May 1, 2009 / Zephyr Teachout
National Poetry Month Meets Obama’s 100 Days National Poetry Month Meets Obama’s 100 Days
I hope you find these apt, and capable of serving two ends--a celebration of good poetry, a reflection on 100 days. 1. Days-- Philip Larkin What are days for?Days are where ...
Apr 29, 2009 / Zephyr Teachout
Tim Geithner’s Sentences Resemble Securitized Assets Tim Geithner’s Sentences Resemble Securitized Assets
The New York Times today has a fantastic profile of Tim Geithner and his thinking. It underlines, through a complex portrait, how urgent it is to replace Geithner with someone whos...
Apr 27, 2009 / Zephyr Teachout
Congresswoman Maloney and the JEC Show Hints of Muscle Congresswoman Maloney and the JEC Show Hints of Muscle
Yesterday's hearing at the Joint Economic Committee, convened by Congresswoman Maloney, gave me some hope that Congress might be thinking about taking some leadership in systematic...
Apr 22, 2009 / Zephyr Teachout
Seven Preliminary Thoughts on the Tea Parties Seven Preliminary Thoughts on the Tea Parties
Yesterday thousands of people rallied in hundreds of "tea party" protests across the country, expressing anger about the economy, politics, and taxes. It is easy to make...
Apr 16, 2009 / Zephyr Teachout