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Author: Richard Kostelanetz
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Richard Kostelanetz

Richard Kostelanetz has written many books about contemporary art and literature.
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Hiring Chill

Richard Kostelanetz October 1, 2010 November 18, 2020

Two hoary economic truths rediscovered by the Obama administration are not just that the state can’t “create jobs” but also that it can, through one …

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Separated at Birth?

Richard Kostelanetz October 1, 2010 November 18, 2020

A year and a half into the Obama presidency, I, as neither Republican nor Democrat, am struck by how much he resembles not Jimmy Carter, …

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The New Trickle-Down

Richard Kostelanetz October 1, 2010 November 18, 2020

Economic histories tell us that a principal difference between Herbert Hoover and FDR, in responding to continuing unemployment in the early 1930s, is that the …

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Mayor’s Little Helpers

Richard Kostelanetz March 1, 2010 November 18, 2020

The great surprise in the recent New York City mayoral election was that Michael Bloomberg, the incumbent, nearly lost to himself. This wasn’t expected, as …

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Reparations

Richard Kostelanetz September 1, 2009 November 18, 2020

In a recent exhaustive interview “In Depth” on C-SPAN, Bill Ayres introduced a category, new to me, of “descendants of enslaved peoples” deserving special consideration. …

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Ebony and Ebony

Richard Kostelanetz September 1, 2009 November 18, 2020

The first black president remains popular despite dubious economic policies, while the first black governor in New York state is unpopular, notwithstanding his more responsible …

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Remembering Jack Kemp (1935-2009)

Richard Kostelanetz July 1, 2009 November 18, 2020

Generally reluctant to vote Republican, I would have nonetheless supported Jack Kemp for president simply because of his passionate positions on free enterprise and race …

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Corporate Comeuppance

Richard Kostelanetz July 1, 2009 November 18, 2020

Someday soon, let’s hope, corporate goniffs will discover that they can’t raise prices without risking failure, serious failure. Just as American auto- makers lost their …

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The Markets Yawn

Richard Kostelanetz April 1, 2008 November 18, 2020

Hearing Dubya propose a “growth package” on January 18, I got the queasy feeling that he didn’t know what the hell he was talking about. …

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Bush as Carter Redux

Richard Kostelanetz March 1, 2008 November 18, 2020

Hearing Dubya give an unrehearsed press conference in Israel just after Three Kings Day, I realized that, wonder of wonders, he might have finally grown …

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