If Trump needed one more calamity less than three weeks before the election, the financial house of cards is tottering.
Economic Policy
Posted inPolitics
In Nebraska, Pete Ricketts Was a Data Center’s Best Friend
Hyperscaler companies enjoyed $836 million in tax breaks from one law he signed as governor. Now, he’s been forced to defend that record.
Posted inTAP
What Will Everyone Do for a Living?
As AI begins to make serious inroads on jobs, it’s far from an idle question.
Posted inPolitics
Can Nevada Democrats Roll a Trifecta?
If Aaron Ford can unseat the state’s Republican governor this November, he’ll have the power to enact a distinctly pro-worker agenda.
Posted inTAP
California Democrats—but Not Their Elected Representatives—Back the Billionaire Wealth Tax
Polls show overwhelming rank-and-file support, but Gavin Newsom’s opposition has trickled down to nearly every elected official.
Posted inPolitics
Democrats Playing the Economic Populist Card in Iowa Midterms
The combination of farm-state economic woes and Democrats speaking the language of working-class people has residents saying the state is ‘getting purple.’
Posted inTAP
Happy Anniversary, EPI
Forty years of altering conventional economic assumptions with meticulous research and action
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
The Road to Universal Medicare
The apparent split between advocates of Medicare for All and a more incremental approach is misleading and easily remedied.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Here’s a Way to Stop Silicon Valley Megalomania
‘Dual class’ shares are a fraud on the public market.
Posted inBooks
Battling an Army of Price-Setters
Lindsay Owens’s new book details all the ways that corporations seek to maximize profits at your expense.