Tag Archives: Steven Pearlstein

Authoritarian Propaganda

Posted on January 9, 2019 by alsanblog

In a recent column in the Washington Post, Steven Pearlstein questions whether someone such as Steve Schwarzman, co-founder of the Blackstone Group, deserve his extraordinary compensation ($786.5 million in 2018) (see here).  Of course, the ultra-liberal Pearlstein’s answer is no.  … Continue reading →

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Minimum Wage Incoherence

Posted on January 12, 2015 by alsanblog

As of the beginning of 2015, twenty-one states raised their minimum wage levels, ranging from 15 cents an hour in Washington state to $1.25 in South Dakota, and liberals are celebrating. As Steven Pearlstein of the Washington Post sees it, and he … Continue reading →

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The Morality Of Capitalism

Posted on March 25, 2013 by alsanblog

In an op-ed piece for the Washington Post, Steven Pearlstein suggests that the nation is caught up in a historic debate over free-market capitalism and poses the question:  is capitalism moral? Pearlstein points out that over the last thirty years, the experiment with communism has been “thoroughly … Continue reading →

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