In which the liberals’ favorite conservative blames America’s crisis more on decadent culture than decadent capitalism
Jordan Ecker
Jordan Ecker is pursuing a doctorate in political philosophy at Cornell University.
Posted inBooks
Money Against Democracy
How neoliberals captured the machinery of the state to keep citizens from regulating markets
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Penalizing Marriage for the Poor
Incredibly, the Tax Act actually punishes low-income people for getting married.
Posted inHousing and Transportation
Sharing the Tech Wealth
Tech jobs tend to cluster geographically. Can we spread the benefits around?
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
How Neglect of Puerto Rico Sparked a National IV Bag Shortage
Hurricane Maria inflicted severe damage on Puerto Rican manufacturing plants that make the plastic bags that medical facilities need to administer drugs.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Q&A: America’s Marijuana Moments
Historian Emily Dufton discusses the prospects of a Sessions-led backlash to legal weed.
Posted inEducation in America
The GOP Tax Plan Places Huge Burden on Graduate Students
Late last week, House Republicans passed the “Tax Cuts and Job Act,” a bill they claim will cut taxes and raise wages for the majority of Americans. One group that would see a huge tax increase are graduate students. Many of them survive on modest stipends, but they could see their taxes quadruple under the […]
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Immigration Advocates Warn Undocumented Are ‘Fair Game’ After Detention of Texas Child
The arrest of Rosa Maria Hernandez, an undocumented ten-year-old with cerebral palsy, by Customs and Border Protections, after she received emergency gallbladder surgery in a Texas hospital is a heinous example of the dark turn immigration enforcement has taken under Donald Trump. Marissa Montes, an immigration attorney with the Loyola Immigrant Justice Clinic at the […]
Posted inWorking in America
Big Banks Blame Automation as They Offshore American Jobs
When Capital One announced in August that they were laying off 400 call-center workers from a Rolling Meadows, Illinois, location, the company officials claimed that they were moving toward automation. “Call volumes continue to decrease as customers increasingly self-service through a mix of our digital tools and contact center calls,” Sie Soheili, a Capital One […]
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Democrats Ponder How to Revive Antitrust
With economic inequality soaring to heights not seen in the United States since the progressive era of the early 20th century, it makes sense that some issues on the policy agenda from that bygone age are re-emerging today. Among them: antitrust. In recent years, the rise of corporate concentration, its negative effects on the broader […]