Economy
Editors' Picks
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The Political Roots of Widening Inequality
Apr 28, 2015The key to understanding the rise in inequality isn’t technology or globalization. It’s the power of the moneyed interests to shape the underlying rules of the market.
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The Wealth Problem
Apr 30, 2015Aspiring to own a home and pursue an education are quintessentially American ideals. It's time to make those dreams accessible again.
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A Needless Default
Feb 08, 2015The administration’s foreclosure relief program was designed to help bankers, not homeowners. That disgrace will haunt Democrats.
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When Shareholder Capitalism Came to Town
Apr 19, 2014The rise in inequality can be blamed on the shift from managerial to shareholder capitalism.
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How to Live Happily with Robots
Aug 03, 2015It takes extensive government intervention to assure that gains of automation are broadly shared.
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Our Incoherent China Policy (Fall Preview)
Sep 21, 2015The proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership is bad economics, and even worse as containment of China.
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The European Prospect (Fall Preview)
Sep 28, 2015With all the pathologies of the 1930s resurgent, Europe's experiment in economic and social union has never been more at risk.
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How Gilded Ages End
Apr 29, 2015Protecting democracy from oligarchic dominance is, once again, a central imperative of American politics.
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How the American South Drives the Low-Wage Economy
Jul 06, 2015Just as in the 1850s (with the Dred Scott decision and the Fugitive Slave Act), the Southern labor system (with low pay and no unions) is wending its way north.
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Children of the Great Collapse
May 29, 2013The stimulus was great for poor kids while it lasted. Now even bare-bones aid is at risk.
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But Austerity Works So Well!
May 28, 2013Israel's response to an economic crisis shows the continuing power of a bad idea.
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The Wealthy Kids Are All Right
May 28, 2013In a tough economy with dwindling social supports, children of privilege have a bigger head start than ever.
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How the "Obama Recovery" Makes Scandals Irrelevant
May 21, 2013As far as presidential popularity goes, jobs will always outweigh controversy.
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Naming Names in the Dodd Frank Mess
May 21, 2013It’s not just faceless Wall Street lobbyists who are doing the damage; a guy named Mark Wetjen has some explaining to do.
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Dimon Forever
May 21, 2013JP Morgan Chase shareholders vote on the best way to oversee America’s biggest bank.
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Patty Murray in 19 Takes
May 21, 2013How the senator from Washington quietly became one of Capitol Hill's most influential players
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Rediscovering Albert Hirschman
May 16, 2013Resistance fighter. Development economist. Philosopher. A new biography of the thinker who redeemed political economy for liberals.
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No More Playing With Money
May 15, 2013A pillar of the D.C. economic establishment declares war on currency manipulation, Chinese and otherwise.
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Teachers Left Behind
May 15, 2013As budgets are cut and standards raised, new evidence that teachers are growing disenchanted with their profession
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The Upside Down Economy
May 13, 2013Corporate profits are soaring despite declining sales and temps are working longer hours than regular employees. What gives?
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Deficit Reduction Is Ruining America
May 09, 2013Unemployment would be significantly lower if we stopped worrying about the debt.
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LLM: Lawyers Losing Money
May 08, 2013To critics, the degree is little more than a scam making extra cash from attorneys desperate to burnish their credentials in a brutal legal job market.
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Underfunded and Under Five
May 08, 2013A new report shows that pre-K education is suffering in a time of budget shortfalls and partisan politicking.
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Sex, Economics, and Austerity
May 07, 2013The real meaning of Niall Ferguson’s John Maynard Keynes-was-gay jibe—and why Keynes is so threatening to conservative economists and moralists alike.
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