Middle-class workers who haven’t seen higher wages in decades don’t want to hear about a booming economy.
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Posted inEconomic Policy
Cheers for Social Security’s Cost-of-Living Adjustment
It will compensate seniors for the bout of inflation. Workers deserve as much.
Posted inAmerica and the World
How Saudi Arabia Tamed Russia
The political economy behind recent OPEC oil production cuts
Posted inPodcasts
UBI and a Socialist Work Ethic
How we can eradicate poverty, and what that might do to the labor market.
Posted inPolitics
Katie Porter’s Volunteer Army Hits the Doors
The progressive fighter in a swing district is staking a third term on a prodigious volunteer effort, and straight talk on abortion and the economy.
Posted inPolitics
The ‘Dobbs’ Election
Democrats look to the ballot to punish Republican overreach on abortion.
Posted inWorking in America
Industrial Policy Without Industrial Unions
Democrats’ new industrial manufacturing plan leaves unions behind, fumbling a moment of relative leverage for organized labor.
Posted inPolitics
Minnesota AG Nominee Wants to Defund Corporate Law Enforcement
GOP corporate attorney Jim Schultz has hammered incumbent Keith Ellison over crimes that aren’t in his office’s jurisdiction. His solution? Stop pursuing crimes that are.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Griftrix
The implosion of a $16.5 billion Citrix Systems debt deal reveals how private equity firms always manage to wriggle out of trouble.
Posted inPolitics
Can the Democrats Win Back Rural Voters?
Their success in 2022 and the long term will depend on it. Here are some hopeful developments on that front.
