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Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Climate Change and the Democrats
If they have the smarts, Democrats can prevent a schism in the progressive coalition, and turn the Green New Deal into a jobs machine for workers displaced from the carbon economy.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
VA Privatization Bill Threatens Closure of Key Facilities
Republican architects of the VA MISSION Act want to fast-track a commission that would have expansive authority to close VA hospitals.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Looking Backward
Robert Kuttner has been unmasking the fallacies of neoliberalism for decades. The following are a few excerpts: The time is overdue to reclaim liberalism, without prefixes, qualifiers, or apologies. My neoliberal friends are right to ask hard questions and to search for creative new approaches. We can certainly debate which strategies make most sense. But […]
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Do Pete Buttigieg’s Donors Know Him Better Than We Do?
The South Bend mayor has become a darling to Silicon Valley and Wall Street elite. That alone is a red flag.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Facebook Wants to Become the World’s Banker—and Congress Isn’t Paying Enough Attention
Despite the company’s plan to issue its own currency, lawmakers haven’t grasped the threat this poses to the world’s economy.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Banning Private Prisons—and Prisoner Exploitation
Elizabeth Warren’s newest plan goes beyond limiting the private role in mass incarceration, and seeks to prevent corporate abuse of vulnerable inmates.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The “Center” of American Politics Is on the Left
More Americans want a robust social safety net than you might think.Â
Posted inEconomic Policy
Neoliberalism: Political Success, Economic Failure
The invisible hand is more like a thumb on the scale for the world’s elites. That’s why market fundamentalism has been unmasked as bogus economics but keeps winning politically.
