The way Build Back Better unfolded made it an insider’s game, wasting serious effort and hundreds of millions of dollars from outside organizations.
American Rescue Plan
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How the American Rescue Plan Is Backstopping the ‘Submerged State’
The Prospect interviewed researchers Amanda Kass and Philip Rocco on the American Rescue Plan, an unprecedented fiscal outlay for local governments that remains widely unknown.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Our Bewildering Economy
What are the contradictory trends and policy choices? And does the Inflation Reduction Act live up to its name?
Posted inEconomic Policy
Economic Stimulus Works
Obama’s undersized stimulus in 2009 doomed America to an economic lost decade.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
How the Texas Legislature Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the ACA Marketplace
It’s all about pretending a boatload of federal cash helps the free market.
Posted inPolitics
The Accidental Revolution
Democrats got one thing right—the American Rescue Plan. It might just realign U.S. politics.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
The American Rescue Plan’s Child Care Test Run
As an example of the promise of long-term investment in child care and early learning, it was wildly successful. But the money runs out soon.
Posted inPolitics
Joe Manchin Insists That Democrats Do Unpopular Things
It turns out voters hate it when you snatch away hundreds of dollars a month. Who knew?
Posted inPolitics
Democrats Creating Their Own October Surprise
Imminent congressional inaction on Affordable Care Act subsidies will doom 14 million people, the party’s midterm chances, and health care reform for a decade.