Daniel Backman, Author at Harvard Political Review

United States

The State Budget Squeeze

Daniel Backman - December 10, 2011

Low revenues and high costs plunge states into crisis

World

Delusions of Sovereignty

Daniel Backman - December 8, 2011

The choice Europe faces is not between a less integrated and a more integrated Eurozone, but between an effectively integrated Eurozone or none at all.

Campus

The Unintended Consequences of Occupy Harvard

Daniel Backman - November 10, 2011

A critical look at the Wednesday night protests.

HPRgument Posts

Reform the Tax Code

Daniel Backman - November 4, 2011

Deficit reduction talks have overshadowed the need to reform the tax code

United States

Trade On and Trade-offs

Daniel Backman - October 17, 2011

New trade agreements represent a step forward for US trade policy, but threatening China on currency manipulation represents several steps back.