The key to understanding the rise in inequality isn’t technology or globalization. It’s the power of the moneyed interests to shape the underlying rules of the market.
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How Progressive Policies Can Lead to a Democratic Majority
The new American electorate could offer a durable majority–if Democrats address economic needs with progressive policies, not centrist ones.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Senior Class: America’s Unequal Retirement
One of the cruelest manifestations of widening inequality happens in life’s final quarter.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
No Cost for Extremism
Why the GOP hasn’t (yet) paid for its march to the right.Â
Posted inEducation in America
Can ‘Grit’ Save American Education?
Grit, privilege, and American education’s obsession with novelty.Â
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Raising Wages From the Bottom Up
Three ways city and state governments can make the difference.
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
How a Campus Radical Became the First Woman to Run White House Photography Operation
Sharon Farmer says she “never kissed enough butt” to land a job on staff at a national newspaper. Then the White House hired her for the job of a lifetime.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Why Economists Cling to Discredited Ideas
Free-market theory may be at odds with reality, but it fits the needs of the rich and the powerful.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Libertarian Delusion
The free-market fantasy stands discredited by events. The challenge now: redeeming effective and democratic government
Posted inAmerica and the World
Atlantic Surging, Virginia Sinking
Rising sea level in Norfolk threatens the town, the Navy, and a state in denial.
