As many as 1 in 5 Americans would be in poverty without Social Security and tax credits for the working poor.
Economy
The End of Big Trade Deals
Deals like TPP are doomed to fail.
States’ Job Creation Shell Game
States spend billions of dollars on tax breaks and other incentives to woo companies. Unfortunately most of this money ends up in firms’ pockets and few new jobs get created.
Donald Trump’s Empty Economic Plan
Trump’s ideas for job creation will do far more harm than good.
Why Dads Should Demand Paid Leave
A new study finds that fathers are increasingly stepping up to the plate as primary caregivers. Why is public policy so far behind?
Liberals and the Science of GMOs
If conservatives are wrong to be skeptics of climate science, why won’t liberals accept the science around the safety of GMOs?
The Real Roots of Class Rage
Anger over inequality is not about the “one percent.” Growing inequality within the middle class may be what’s really driving populism.
How to Solve the Crisis in Black Unemployment
Adding 1.1 million new minority entrepreneurs would add 9 million sorely needed jobs to the U.S. economy.
What Donald Trump Gets Wrong About U.S. Manufacturing
American manufacturing isn’t in as bad a shape as Trump claims.
Government Investment and “Opportunity for All”
A spate of new books shows that government investment, not laissez-faire policies, leads to economic growth.
