The post-Trump paradox: We need a strong president to use the office for the public good—but not an abusive president.
Executive Power
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Warren Commits to Using Executive Authority to Cancel Student Debt
Using the power granted under the Higher Education Act, Warren vows to cancel student debt on day one.
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Make Progress on All Fronts: A Response to Jacobin
A Jacobin writer attacks the Day One Agenda. Here’s our rebuttal.
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Great News: The Supreme Court Might Attack the CFPB
It sounds bad, but it would likely enable a Democratic president to get rid of an unqualified, anti-regulatory Consumer Financial Protection director immediately.
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How the Next President Can Transform the Economy
A president will appoint Federal Reserve governors, who have broad power to promote a stronger labor market.
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Help 800,000 Workers Join a Union
One policy could facilitate a voice for the fastest-growing, and one of the lowest-paid, occupations in the U.S.
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Wait a Minute, Could John Roberts Block All of This?
How the Supreme Court might frustrate the effort to use statutory authority to advance a progressive agenda, and why the next president should follow through anyway
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Create a More Progressive Tax Policy
Congress writes the laws, but the IRS interprets them, and they can do so in ways that make the system more fair.
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Force Drug Companies to Lower Prices
Presidents have two powerful sticks that could weaken the pharmaceutical industry’s power to rake in astronomical profits.
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The Little Agency That Could (Block All Good Regulations)
The Day One agenda is dependent on the functions of OIRA, an obscure federal agency that acts as a bottleneck for agency rules and regulations.
