Books by Robert Kuttner
The Squandering of America: How the Failure of Our Politics Undermines Our Prosperity (Knopf, 2007)
Family Re-Union: Reconnecting Parents and Children in Adulthood (with Sharland Trotter) (2002)
Making Work Pay: America after Welfare (Editor, 2002)
Everything for Sale: The Virtues and Limits of Markets (Knopf, 1997)
The End of Laissez-Faire: National Purpose and the Global Economy after the Cold War (Knopf, 1991)
The Life of the Party: Democratic Prospects in 1988 and Beyond (Viking, 1987)
The Economic Illusion: False Choices between Prosperity and Social Justice (Houghton Mifflin, 1984)
Revolt of the Haves: Tax Rebellions and Hard Times (Simon and Schuster, 1980)
Windfall or Wipeout?
If Democrats win in '08, they might inherit a messy economic situation. Will they still have the nerve to think big?
The American Prospect
August 14, 2007
Tax and Spend
Restored growth, distributed more equitably, is the cure for past debt. That requires public investments.
The American Prospect
May 20, 2007
Compassion and Coalition
The paradox of helping the poor by helping all Americans.
Special Report: Ending Poverty in America
The American Prospect
April 22, 2007
Privatizing and Profiteering
The student loan scandal is a perfect example of why it's a bad idea to privatize government programs.
The Boston Globe
April 21, 2007
Beware of Corporate Do-Gooding
When it comes to corporate do-gooding, profits are still the ultimate goal.
The Boston Globe
March 5, 2007
Sleeping with the Enemy
Partnering with the private insurance industry is not the way to achieve a decent universal healthcare system.
The American Prospect
January 22, 2007
Floor Plan for a Horror Show
From the archives: A guided tour through the George W. Bush Presidential Library we wish we could visit.
The American Prospect
December 5, 2006
Now, the Hard Part
On the sleeper issue of the midterms -- the economy -- Americans face challenges that will require bolder responses than anything currently under consideration.
The American Prospect
November 27, 2006
Survival of the Richest
The real "Two Americas" are not the poor and everyone else, but the mega-rich and everyone else.
The Boston Globe
June 24, 2006
'We Shall Overcome'
The comeback of protest songs.
The American Prospect
May 8, 2006
Dial M for Maddening
Voice-recognition software is no replacement for customer service.
The American Prospect
October 17, 2005
What's Behind the Sub-Prime Disaster
The current high-risk mortgage mess is not so much a new crisis as the result of decades of government deregulation of the financial industry.
The American Prospect
August 29, 2007
A Conversation with Zbigniew Brzezinski
After the failure of adventures based on fantasies, it's time for a big dose of reality in America's Mideast policy. America's most notable foreign policy realist speaks with the Prospect.
The American Prospect
May 20, 2007
Friendly Takeover
By common consent, the most influential figure setting the economic course of the Democratic Party is banker Robert Rubin. But his counsel isn't likely to help either the Democrats, their constituents, or the economy.
The American Prospect
March 18, 2007
Must Trade Kill Equality?
The nations of Northern Europe manage to trade even more than the United States does, with nothing near the U.S. level of inequality. All it takes is an activist public sector that in no way resembles our own.
The American Prospect
February 19, 2007
A Slight Oversight
Congressional investigations of the executive branch have been sandbagged by the White House and its allies on Capitol Hill. Can the Democrats revive a lost art?
The American Prospect
September 17, 2006
Cant and Recant
Milton Friedman's latest research on the Federal Reserve challenges key assumptions of a very prominent economist: Milton Friedman.
The American Prospect
December 18, 2005
Agreeing to Disagree
Robert Kuttner speaks with Milton Friedman.
The American Prospect
December 18, 2005
The Death and Life of American Liberalism
The right has shown that conviction beats vacillation. Can liberals acquire some spine?
The American Prospect
May 22, 2005
The Tchotchke Economy
While electronics have become more affordable, the costs of housing, college education, and health care are rising.
The American Prospect
April 3, 2006
E-mail Addiction
We're a nation chained to our inboxes.
The American Prospect
August 25, 2005
Onwnership ad Government
President Bush's proposed ownership society invites a history lesson: The great American middle class is the fruit of social investment.
The American Prospect
April 19, 2005
Grading Larry Summers
Harvard is run by another C-plus Augustus.
The American Prospect
March 3, 2005
The Myth of Partisan Gridlock
We don't have two parties at loggerheads. We have one party of moderates and one of extremists.
The American Prospect
January 13, 2005
What Would Jefferson Do?
An essay on faith, reason, terror, and democracy.
The American Prospect
November 1, 2004
George W. and Human Rights
George Washington set a standard that our current president disregards.
The American Prospect
September 19, 2004
All the President's Handouts
Review of Plan of Attack.
The American Prospect
May 14, 2004
America as a One-Party State
Today's hard right seeks total dominion. It's packing the courts and rigging the rules. The target is not the Democrats but democracy itself.
The American Prospect
February 1, 2004
Liberalism, Socialism, and Democracy
The American Prospect
March 1991
The Race
Newspapers have a bright future as print-digital hybrids after all - but they'd better hurry.
Columbia Journalism Review
March/April 2007
Can Conservatives Be Trusted? A Debate between Robert Kuttner and Weekly Standard Editor William Kristol.
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This debate took place at the Failure of Conservatism Conference, sponsored by The American Prospect and the Campaign for America's Future on May 3, 2007.
American Foreign Policy as Political Failure
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Speech delivered before the New American Foundation on April 10, 2006