Economy
Editors' Picks
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The Political Roots of Widening Inequality
Apr 28, 2015The key to understanding the rise in inequality isn’t technology or globalization. It’s the power of the moneyed interests to shape the underlying rules of the market.
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The Wealth Problem
Apr 30, 2015Aspiring to own a home and pursue an education are quintessentially American ideals. It's time to make those dreams accessible again.
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A Needless Default
Feb 08, 2015The administration’s foreclosure relief program was designed to help bankers, not homeowners. That disgrace will haunt Democrats.
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When Shareholder Capitalism Came to Town
Apr 19, 2014The rise in inequality can be blamed on the shift from managerial to shareholder capitalism.
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How to Live Happily with Robots
Aug 03, 2015It takes extensive government intervention to assure that gains of automation are broadly shared.
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Our Incoherent China Policy (Fall Preview)
Sep 21, 2015The proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership is bad economics, and even worse as containment of China.
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The European Prospect (Fall Preview)
Sep 28, 2015With all the pathologies of the 1930s resurgent, Europe's experiment in economic and social union has never been more at risk.
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How Gilded Ages End
Apr 29, 2015Protecting democracy from oligarchic dominance is, once again, a central imperative of American politics.
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How the American South Drives the Low-Wage Economy
Jul 06, 2015Just as in the 1850s (with the Dred Scott decision and the Fugitive Slave Act), the Southern labor system (with low pay and no unions) is wending its way north.
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Paying for Trump’s Tax Cuts Would Devastate the Poor
Aug 18, 2017When you consider how the GOP will finance their steep tax cuts, things look even grimmer for low- and middle-income Americans.
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Democrats’ ‘Better Deal’ on Trade Is Better Than What We Have Now
Aug 17, 2017But it has a way to go before it truly makes our trade policy fair and open.
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Trump, Walker, and the Foxconn Con
Aug 16, 2017Republicans amp up their race-to-the-bottom approach to economic development.
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No, a Fair Wage Is Not a ‘Free Lunch’
Aug 09, 2017A liberal Washington Post columnist drinks the trickle-down Kool-Aid about raising the minimum wage.
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Nissan Union Loss Underscores Labor’s Big Dilemma
Aug 08, 2017The United Auto Workers’ failed union drive at a Mississippi car plant points to core challenges for a labor movement working within a rigged system.
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What We Talk About When We Talk About the Gig Economy
Jul 28, 2017Researchers confront unanswered questions when trying to understand the “sharing economy,” from the size of the gig workforce to the financial situation of workers.
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He’s Back! Trump Returns to Youngstown
Jul 27, 2017And despite his campaign promises, this onetime powerhouse of industrial America is still beleaguered—and could lose lots of jobs if Obamacare is repealed or replaced.
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Gutting Health Care Not Enough? Trump Moves to Undercut Overtime for Millions
Jul 27, 2017As a thank you to his working-class supporters, the billionaire takes the next step toward eviscerating the Obama-era overtime expansion.
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The Perils of $7.25
Jul 25, 2017Reflections on eight years of a minimal minimum wage
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GOP Eager to Repeal Rule that Allows Consumers to Sue Conniving Banks
Jul 13, 2017Republicans pretend it’s about dismantling the “administrative state.” But it’s all about market power.
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As Trump Gears Up for Big Tax Cuts, Seattle Opts to Tax Wealthy
Jul 11, 2017The progressive city is once again paving the way, and strongly rebuking trickle-down economics.
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How Trump Gives Protection a Bad Name
Jul 11, 2017Trump’s brand of protectionism is a menace, but not for the reasons many people think.
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Republicans Want to Make Deficit-Busting Tax Cuts Permanent
Jul 07, 2017Real tax reform is hard. So a growing bloc of tax-cut enthusiasts wants to rewrite the rules of the game to secure rate reductions for the rich.
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Who Is Wilbur Ross?
Jul 03, 2017From bankruptcy king to Trump’s king of commerce
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Paul 'Jobs, Jobs, Jobs' Ryan Should Heed Brownback’s Trickle-Down Failures
Jun 22, 2017The Republican House speaker is trying to nationalize the failed tax experiment of his former boss, the Kansas governor.
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