Trump’s Plan to Make Government Slower, Costlier, and More Dysfunctional

by Gilad Edelman June 11, 2017January 12, 2022

Slashing federal employees doesn’t save money. It just makes the government more dependent on private contractors and more prone to colossal screw-ups.

June/July/August 2017, Magazine

Deconstricting the Administrative State

by Anne Kim June 11, 2017January 9, 2022

Donald Trump promises that his deregulatory agenda will lead to a boom in jobs. The real effect will be the opposite.

June/July/August 2017, Magazine

Contractor CEOs Shouldn’t Make Ten Times More Than the POTUS

by Joshua Alvarez June 11, 2017January 9, 2022

It’s ridiculous that the government pays private contractors more for doing the same work, or less.

Economy, June/July/August 2017, Magazine, The Monopolized Economy

How to Win Rural Voters Without Losing Liberal Values

by Martin Longman June 11, 2017October 16, 2026

A century ago, urban progressives and agrarian populists united around a politics of taking on corporate monopolies. The Democratic Party’s future may depend on doing the same today.

Economy, June/July/August 2017, Magazine, The Monopolized Economy

The Monthly Interview: Tom Perriello

by Martin Longman June 11, 2017October 16, 2026

Today is the Virginia gubernatorial primary election and candidate Tom Perriello is the first high-profile candidate to make anti-monopoly policy a key plank of his economic agenda.

Featured, June/July/August 2017, Magazine

Code of Silence

by Rebecca Wexler June 11, 2017January 9, 2022

How private companies hide flaws in the software that governments use to decide who goes to prison and who gets out.

June/July/August 2017, Magazine

Hot for Teachers

by Thomas Toch June 11, 2017January 9, 2022

D.C.’s traditional public schools, once among the nation’s worst, have become magnets for some of America’s best educators. The results are showing up in the classroom.