Economy
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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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Automatic Stabilizers: There When Congress Isn't
Mar 01, 2013When the economy is in trouble, let's be thankful we have mechanisms that kick in while legislators are squabbling.
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Dear White House, You'll Regret This
Feb 28, 2013The e-mail exchange between Gene Sperling and Bob Woodward reveals the Obama administration's propensity to compromise before it's necessary.
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The U.S. Budget, By the Numbers
Feb 28, 2013Have some questions about the sequester? Don't worry, we have the answers. To the chartmobile!
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The Five Most Terrifying Things about the Sequester
Feb 27, 2013The optimal way forward is clear: repeal the sequester, full stop.
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Lockheed, Stock, and Barrel
Feb 27, 2013Do we truly need brand new aircraft carriers? Nope, but try telling the Pentagon and their many contractor friends.
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The Sequestering of Barack Obama
Feb 26, 2013Unless the president compels Congress to change course, the economy faces a future of endless fiscal cliffs.
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Save the Surpluses for Another Rainy Day
Feb 26, 2013Should states start replenishing their emergency funds when the recovery is just beginning?
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Trading The Blame Game for The Bully Pulpit
Feb 26, 2013Rather than point the finger at Republicans for impending budget cuts, Obama needs to make the broader case that austerity is not the answer during an economic crisis.
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Threat versus "Threat"
Feb 26, 2013The second entry in our series on how to fix the Pentagon budget
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Leaning Out—of This Fight
Feb 25, 2013Whatever time we spend choosing between Team Sandberg or Team Slaughter is time not spent focusing on those real problems—and the real solutions to them.
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Fix the Economy, Not the Deficit
Feb 25, 2013As the sequester looms, what's most clear is that both parties have given in to the idea that our chief problem is deficits.
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Happy Birthday, Dear Income Tax
Feb 25, 2013Five lessons for progressives from our first century of income taxes.
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Financial Reform's Triple "F" Rating
Feb 21, 2013In current practice, banks pay agencies to assess their financial products favorably. Why hasn't this system of kickbacks been eliminated?
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What We'll Be Talking about in 2016
Feb 21, 2013What issues will define the next Democratic presidential primary?
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Still More BS
Feb 21, 2013The Bowles-Simpson Commission is the fiscal zombie that just won’t die.
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