[brownleej]

The article is advocating more government intervention in the economy, which is generally associated with left-wing political thought. I think that accusing this article of being left-wing is intellectually sound, though the GP's comment, and particularly the tone, did little to advance the conversation.

In fact, my central problem with this article was that ignored the fact that markets in the United States are generally less well-regulated than those in other industrialized nations. Many of the differences the author brings up can be traced back to that. The author clearly would like that changed, but it's a much bigger argument than the one the author is making. It can't be taken for granted that just because these regulations are desirable, and would make things better, then they should be enacted. The Overton window on government intervention in the economy in the US is different than in other industrialized nations, and that needed to be addressed in the author's argument.