Month / January 14, 2015
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A Conversation with Alex Brill
INTERVIEW CONDUCTED BY NAHUEL FEFER Introduction: Mr. Brill served as the Chief Economist of the House Committee on Ways and Means from 2002 to 2007. In this role he helped shape the Bush tax cuts, and worked on a variety of other issues related to economic policy. Since 2007 he has worked as a research…
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Tainted by the Nobel
BY GABRIEL RUBIN When Jean-Paul Sartre turned down the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1964, he quipped, “I was not aware at the time that the Nobel Prize is awarded without consulting the opinion of the recipient.” Few besides Sartre have ever dreamed of turning down a Nobel, widely recognized, in the West at least,…
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After the Fall of the Wall, is Berlin United?
BY KATHERINE SURKO This November marked the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall. Today, decades later, is Berlin actually united? At first glance, it is hard to tell the distinctions between East and West Berlin. However, while the German government has spent vast sums reintegrating the two regions, distinct markers continue to…
