Author:Matt Bruenig
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Fining Corporations That Pollute Carbon Is Quite Popular
Over two-thirds of Americans with an opinion support a carbon fine.
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The US Welfare State Cut Poverty by Two-Thirds in 2018
Poverty is easy to fix. Just keep building the welfare state.
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Sanders Is Right: 50 Million Lose Their Insurance Each Year
The claim is both true literally and even non-literally in the spirit of things.
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Medicare for All Would Cut Poverty by Over 20 Percent
Poor families spend 22 percent of their income on out-of-pocket medical expenses.
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The UBI Already Exists. It Is Just Unevenly Distributed.
Capitial's share provides more than enough money to finance a universal basic income.
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Labour’s Inclusive Ownership Funds Should Be Fine
The Financial Times forecasts doom and gloom where there isn't any.
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Situating Basic Income and Job Guarantee in the Welfare State
These are mostly unemployment benefit schemes, but not very good ones.
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Sanders Endorses “Green TVA” Approach to Green New Deal
Sanders proposes a massive build out of publicly owned clean energy production.
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The Heartland Institute Put Out a Very Stupid M4A Analysis
Justin Haskins's analysis overstates the net cost of M4A by 200 percent.
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Health Insurance Churn in the US Is a Nightmare
People lose their health insurance constantly with little choice over the matter.