Economy
Editors' Picks
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The Political Roots of Widening Inequality
Apr 28, 2015The 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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The Wealth Problem
Apr 30, 2015Aspiring to own a home and pursue an education are quintessentially American ideals. It's time to make those dreams accessible again.
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A Needless Default
Feb 08, 2015The administration’s foreclosure relief program was designed to help bankers, not homeowners. That disgrace will haunt Democrats.
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When Shareholder Capitalism Came to Town
Apr 19, 2014The rise in inequality can be blamed on the shift from managerial to shareholder capitalism.
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How to Live Happily with Robots
Aug 03, 2015It takes extensive government intervention to assure that gains of automation are broadly shared.
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Our Incoherent China Policy (Fall Preview)
Sep 21, 2015The proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership is bad economics, and even worse as containment of China.
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The European Prospect (Fall Preview)
Sep 28, 2015With all the pathologies of the 1930s resurgent, Europe's experiment in economic and social union has never been more at risk.
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How Gilded Ages End
Apr 29, 2015Protecting democracy from oligarchic dominance is, once again, a central imperative of American politics.
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How the American South Drives the Low-Wage Economy
Jul 06, 2015Just as in the 1850s (with the Dred Scott decision and the Fugitive Slave Act), the Southern labor system (with low pay and no unions) is wending its way north.
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Four Fundamental Econ Facts Missed By Economist Cantor-Slayer David Brat
Jun 11, 2014Leaving aside his characterization of sub-Saharan Africans as less than productive, the economics professor who bumped the House Majority Leader from his post proves himself economically illiterate.
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Beth Schwartzapfel Wins Sidney Award for Prospect's Prison Labor Exposé
Jun 11, 2014The Sidney Hillman Foundation honors author of the Prospect investigation, 'The Great American Chain Gang.'
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How Seattle’s $15 Minimum Wage Victory Began in New York City’s Zuccotti Park
Jun 05, 2014Ever since the Occupy movement hit the streets, an explosion of worker unrest—especially among Walmart employees, workers at fast-food chains, janitors, and hospital workers—has shaped the political life of America's cities.
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The Hidden History of Prosperity
Jun 03, 2014In the crisis of World War II, the nation made the political choices that created the robust egalitarian economy of the next 30 years. Can we respond to the climate crisis with similar policies to rebuild the middle class?
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Reparations and the Subprime Meltdown in the Era of Obama
May 27, 2014No matter how much a black family evinced the values and virtues of the middle class, that family was still likely to be punished, humiliated and to falter.
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The Brothers Koch: Family Drama and Disdain for Democracy
May 20, 2014Lawsuits are the billionaire brothers’ weapon of choice—against each other—writes Daniel Schulman in his first-rate new bio. But buying our democracy, and maybe killing it, is pure self-interest.
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After the Revolution, the Tea Party Struggles for Purpose
May 19, 2014What do Tea Partiers do when the drama of storming the barricades fades to ordinary politics?
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Every Great American City Deserves a Shot—Including Detroit
May 16, 2014Policymakers should remember the core lesson from New York City's fiscal crisis: The key to recovery is investment—not austerity.
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Meet the Doctor Who Went to Jail to Save North Carolina Lives
May 15, 2014There is right, and there is wrong. And having to watch patients die because legislators refused the administration's Medicaid expansion—that's just wrong, says physician Charlie van der Horst.
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Et Tu, Jet Blue? The Airlines' War on the 99%
May 14, 2014Yes, air travel is getting even worse for regular people. That's because the wealthy are taking up all the space.
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Moral Monday Movement Gears Up for Round Two
May 13, 2014As the North Carolina state legislature reopens on May 14 with no ideological reversal in sight, the Monday takeovers of the rotunda will resume. So, likely, will the arrests.
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Daily Meme: Is the Obamacare Tantrum Finally Over?
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Daily Meme: It Ain't Easy Being a Koch
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Koch Brothers Struggle Against Misconception That They Care About the Wealthy
May 09, 2014It's hard to convince voters your policies are all about helping the less fortunate if you're simultaneously heaping contempt on them.
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Seattle's $15 Minimum Wage Agreement: Collective Bargaining Reborn?
May 07, 2014If Seattle's agreement sticks, SEIU's David Rolf and Seattle Mayor Ed Murray can claim credit for devising a form of collective bargaining that benefits workers with no ties whatever to unions.
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