Because the US Government is a very large actor in the US economy, and because many of the same principles that apply to analyzing economic cycles applies to politics as well.
Election Cycles
Maybe Ron Paul was on to something (9/30/08)
Is the North rising again? (10/16/08)
Was 2008 a realigning election? I'm thinking it probably was. (11/5/08)
Crony Capitalism still Reigns Supreme (4/20/09)
The New Deal's great mistake (5/3/09)
Post-Lehman: The Banking Oligopoly Reigns Supreme (9/15/09)
David Brooks backs up the Dynamist (9/18/09)
Health Care
Must-read health care article from the New Yorker (6/30/09)
Health Care is Killing the American Worker (7/9/09)
We don't spend enough on Health Care? (8/17/09)
Energy
McKinsey on Energy Productivity (2/19/08)
A grand compromise on carbon taxes (11/13/08)
Foreign Policy
Stratfor on the new geopolitical era (7/9/08)
Both candidates are wrong about Afghanistan (9/1/08)
Stratfor on Obama's Choices in Iran and Afghanistan (9/28/09)
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