Articles by David Roberts
David Roberts was a staff writer for Grist. You can follow him on Twitter, if you're into that sort of thing.
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Galbraith on ‘the free market’
TPM Cafe is hosting a roundtable on economist James Galbraith’s new book The Predator State: How Conservatives Abandoned the Free Market and Why Liberals Should Too. Here’s a bit from Galbraith’s introductory post: The judicial coup of December 2000 that installed Bush and Cheney brought back some of Reagan’s men and his most extreme policies […]
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Re: the Russia-Georgia unpleasantness
Let’s not forget that recent fossil fuel prices have boosted Russia’s power considerably, and without any of the messy work required to empower an independent judiciary or build democratic institutions. Let’s also not forget that Georgia houses two large oil pipelines. If John McCain really wants to constrain Russia, he’ll help lead America and the […]
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Head of CCX endorses McCain’s cap-and-trade program, reveals misunderstanding of climate policy
Over on Huffington Post, Frank Carlson has a story revealing that Richard Sandor, the founder of the Chicago Climate Exchange, supports McCain’s cap-and-trade system over Obama’s — that is to say, he supports giving pollution permits away rather than auctioning them. The story reveals that neither Carlson nor Sandor understands the difference very well. Here’s […]
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New York City’s inaugural Summer Streets event a big hit
StreetFilms writes … … the New York City Department of Transportation held its first Summer Streets event on Saturday by opening 7 miles of city streets to pedestrians and bike traffic only. From 7 AM to 1 PM, roads were car-free from 72nd Street to the Brooklyn Bridge with Park Avenue serving as the backbone […]
