Ross Douthat Stands to the Left of Barack Obama

At least he does on many key economic issues. In his blogpost today he comes out explicitly for breaking up the big banks, for an immigration policy that is focused on bringing down the wages of high-end wage earners (I'm going to put words in his mouth and assume that he means doctors and lawyers and not lower paid STEM workers), and for reducing protections like copyright (I'll read in patents also) that benefit special interests.

He also commits himself to a monetary policy that is conside...