For all of our understandable angst, let’s chart the good change since the Bicentennial.
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Posted inThe Monopolized Economy
How to Contain the Oligarchs
Rule by the rich may look inevitable, but history shows it’s not. From ancient Greece to New Deal America to today’s Hungary, democracies have found ways to separate private fortunes from public power.
Posted inPodcast
How to Save Capitalism
Nick Hanauer and Eric Beinhocker have a plan for fixing capitalism: “market humanism.”
Posted inPodcast
The Case Against Billionaires
Author Chuck Collins argues that billionaires are a uniquely destructive force to the economy, democracy, and the planet.
Posted inEconomy
Affordability: How Trump Has Made It Worse
Solving the affordability crisis won’t be easy but reversing some key MAGA policies would be a start.
Posted inPolitics
What America’s Allies Can Learn From Our Recent Elections
A populist reaction to Trump is brewing. Liberal governments in Europe, Canada, and elsewhere must join the fight.
Posted inPodcast
Congress Has Bankrupted America’s Future
Reckless tax and budget policies have stifled upward mobility for young and working-class Americans, says budget expert Eugene Steuerle.
Posted inMagazine
How Democrats Can Save Social Security—and Win Elections
The trust fund can be rescued from insolvency without unpopular taxes on workers, and with significant benefit to economic productivity and the security of the middle class.
Posted inNovember/December 2025
Measuring the Vibecession
Why top-line federal statistics miss the economic pain average Americans feel.
Posted inMagazine
Monopoly Men
Big Tech platforms and the Gilded Age trusts have something in common: a stifling grip on the fundamentals of commerce.
