Author: Matt Bruenig
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Mapping The Terrain Of The Single Payer Discourse
Ideas for transitioning from our current system to single payer.
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Happy Labor Day. Let's Eliminate "Right-To-Work" Laws.
We already know how to empower labor unions. It is time to do it.
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How To Fix Our Failed Policy Support Institutions
Privately-funded think tanks are not the only way to do policy.
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How Norway's State Manages Its Ownership Of Companies
Norway shows how active socialized ownership could work.
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Norway's Social Wealth Fund Grows To $1 Trillion
The fund now holds $192,000 for every Norwegian citizen.
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Index Funds Are A Proof Of Concept For Market Socialism
Index funds are a form of collective ownership of the means of production.
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Common Ownership And The New Antitrust Movement
Does antitrust enforcement matter when the same people own everything?
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Massive Rise Of Top Incomes Is Mostly Driven By Capital
All top 1 percent income growth after 2000 came from ownership of capital.
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Employer-Sponsored Insurance Rips People's Insurance Away
If we want to stop taking insurance away from people, we need single-payer healthcare.
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Upcoming Papers: Single Payer, Racial Wealth Gap, And Poverty
We have no papers yet, but they are in the pipeline, and they will be good.
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If We Care About Inequality, We Must Confront Capital
The top of society extracts nearly $5 trillion every year without working for it.
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The Welfare State Should Be More Than Just A Safety Net
The welfare state should be a permanent foundation, not a temporary safety net.
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Nordic Socialism Is Realer Than You Think
The Nordic countries have amazing welfare states and also immense state ownership.
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The Success Sequence Is About Cultural Beefs, Not Poverty
This "common sense" approach to poverty is just a culture war grievance.