With the onset of the Great Depression, the United States appeared on the verge of political revolt in rural areas. For half a century, rural people had felt increasingly marginalized by changes in American society and the economy and ignored by political leaders. A farm crisis in the 1920s inflicted further pain. By 1933, with […]
economic inequality
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How the Left Lost the Working Class—and How to Win Them Back
To avoid becoming the foil for Right Populism, Left Populists need to respect working-class values of work, family, community, patriotism, and the aspiration for stability and security.
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Building Wealth: How “Trump Accounts” Wrecked a Great Idea
The idea of federally funded accounts that boost wealth has been kicking around left-and-right policy circles since the ‘90s. Trump’s just-passed version makes a mess of this once-promising notion.
