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Posted inEconomy
Which Federal Programs Best Reduce Poverty?
As many as 1 in 5 Americans would be in poverty without Social Security and tax credits for the working poor.
Posted inPolitical Animal
The Economic Case for Addressing Climate Change
It’s the biggest issue missing from campaign season.
Posted inPolitical Animal
It’s About More Than Globalists vs. Nationalists
If the nationalist right needs to see that their fears are being respected, so, too does the multicultural left need to see that their concern about income inequality is being addressed.
Posted inRepublic 3.0
How States Are Solving the Retirement Crisis
State-sponsored “Secure Choice” plans will help more Americans get access to workplace retirement savings.
Posted inPolitical Animal
Despite Trump’s Wish, Economy Adds Jobs
The numbers aren’t “getting worse and worse.”
Posted inEconomy
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.
Posted inPolitical Animal
Kansas’ Experiment in Right-Wing Economics Is Still Failing Miserably
Every few weeks I feel it’s important to return to the ongoing disaster in Sam Brownback’s Kansas. It doesn’t get nearly as much play as it should in the media, which is unfortunate because Kansas’ experience is definitive proof of the failure of supply-side, Laffer-curve-based economic theory. Under the leadership of Brownback and one of […]
