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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Deficits: The End of an Obsession
Jan 24, 2013The more serious deficits are in jobs, wages, and infrastructure, and we might just be ready to focus on them instead.
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David Cameron's Malaise Speech
Jan 24, 2013Europe is not impressed with the British P.M.'s plan to loosen the country from the E.U.'s grip.
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Workers, Not Babysitters
Jan 24, 2013There's still a long way to go to ensure domestic workers have the same protections as other workers, but progress is coming.
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Labor, and Middle Class, Still Shrinking
Jan 23, 2013The Bureau of Labor Statistic’s annual report makes for grim reading.
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Why Balance the Budget?
Jan 23, 2013It's not necessary.
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There is No Spending Crisis
Jan 23, 2013The government's spending has been flat for the last two years.
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Invisible Workers, Global Struggles
Jan 23, 2013From the home to the streets, domestic workers organize to counter abusive job conditions.
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The Truth about Student Debt
Jan 23, 2013In 40 percent of cases where a student loan debtor sought forgiveness of their loans as part of a bankruptcy case, the judge granted at least some relief. Only 0.1 percent took the bait.
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The Truth about Student Debt
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Bobby Jindal to Poor Louisianans: Drop Dead
Jan 22, 2013The Louisiana governor eliminates hospice care for Medicaid recipients.
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Movin' on Up
Jan 17, 2013The economy is looking better, but it still needs more juice.
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How’s That Medicine Taste, Germany?
Jan 17, 2013Chancellor Merkel is finding that austerity doesn’t work. Will she relent? Will The U.S. learn from Europe’s folly?
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Bobby Jindal's New Tax Plan Would Be a Huge Blow to Louisiana's Poorest Residents
Jan 15, 2013Jindal wants Louisiana to lead the nation in upwards redistribution.
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All the President's Resolve
Jan 15, 2013This is the resolute Obama we’ve been waiting for. But to what end?
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Republicans Are Creating Their Worst Nightmare
Jan 15, 2013In the short-term, at least, defaulting on our debt is way worse than accumulating it.
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