D.A. Wallach

Taking Back Our Democracy from the Baby Boomers

Since I was a little kid, every election I can recall (excepting Obama’s first) was framed as a choice of the lesser of two evils. And since then, as well, the deep structural shortcomings in our system — gerrymandering, the electoral college…

This is a very incisive overview of the incrementalism that is stifling innovation in the World of health care. Over the past few years, I have been one of the investors hoping to chip away piecemeal at the endless inefficiencies in the system, but have come to many of the unfortunate conclusions that Malay Gandhi reaches here. There are plenty of…

When Mother Teresa Drives a Ferrari

Why “Compassionate Capitalism” is kind of a scam.