no left left

Jacob Segal jpsegal at rcn.com
Thu Apr 19 06:52:55 PDT 2001


on 4/19/01 9:48 PM, Brad DeLong at delong at econ.Berkeley.EDU wrote:


>> The Philadelphia Inquirer - April 16, 2001
>>
>> Reaction to Bush victories indicates there is no more 'left' in U.S. politics
>>
>> By Matthew Miller
>
> A good, well written piece...
>
> I remember Matt when he was (like me) a brave, bold New Democrat,
> eager to rebuild confidence in government by making it *work*, making
> it *efficient*, and--as Alice Rivlin's special assistant--boldly
> searching for sacred oxen to gore.

Dear Brad,

What was the relationship between restoring confidence in government and declaring that the age of big government is over.

Just curious.

Jacob Segal



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