Max B. Sawicky

@maxbsawicky
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Retired economist for Government Accountability Office, before that 18 years at Economic Policy Institute, presently Senior Research Fellow at Center for Economic and Policy Research. SDS, Class of 1969. I have a substack here: https://sawicky.substack.com/
Max B. SawickyNov 16
https://sawicky.substack.com/p/america-america-a-new-history-of-75d America, América: A New History of the New World, Part II
America, América: A New History of the New World, Part II

[T]he Catholic bishop Anthony Durier gave a sermon that held that “by his Monroe Doctrine and his army of free men, Uncle Sam rules from ocean to ocean, from pole to pole.”— Greg Grandin

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Max B. SawickyNov 13
https://open.substack.com/pub/sawicky/p/how-epstein-rules-america?r=cggr&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false How Epstein rules America. Recycled.
How Epstein Rules America

There was a book by William Domhoff that garnered attention, back in the day, called “Who Rules America?” It wasn’t much in tune with Marxism so I paid it little mind.

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Max B. SawickyNov 11
https://sawicky.substack.com/p/shutdown-aftermath Shutdown Aftermath
Shutdown Aftermath

Everybody I know is mad at Ezra for his ridiculous piece on Charlie Kirk, famous antisemite and racist who got what he wished on other people.

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Max B. SawickyNov 9
Anybody who thinks replacing an ObamaCare subsidy with a tax credit is a fix has never had to buy group insurance. Which includes every member of Congress, by the way.
Max B. SawickyNov 9
The new "Frankenstein" on Netflix is a great film.
Max B. SawickyNov 7
That Netflix 4-parter about James Garfield is pretty good. I never had a clue about him, but it's clear his assassination was hugely consequential.
Max B. SawickyNov 7
https://www.axios.com/local/washington-dc/2025/11/07/janeese-lewis-george-dc-mayor-candidate-speculation Get to know Janeese Lewis George, D.C.'s counterpart to Zohran Mamdani.
The progressive who could be the Zohran Mamdani of D.C.

Janeese Lewis George is considering a run for mayor.

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Max B. SawickyNov 7
https://sawicky.substack.com/p/taxing-the-big-apple Taxing the Big Apple. Lots of misconceptions about a land value tax. I elaborate. No it would not raise rents.
Taxing the Big Apple

An old idea whose time may be drawing near

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Max B. SawickyNov 5
Hey Zohran, if you want to tax the rich, tax land. In NYC, only the rich own land. And they can't run away with it.
Max B. SawickyNov 5
One factor in NYC, the R's overuse of the "socialist" label (now replaced by "communist"). If everything is socialist, as in their habitual rhetoric, then a new genuine socialist is less vulnerable to attack. Contributes to young folks having no clue why "socialism" is bad.