Author:Matt Bruenig
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Do Nordic Countries Really Have Less Regulation?
Heritage and the World Bank measure mostly meaningless things.
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Michael Hiltzik’s Strange Critique of My Social Security Idea
Hiltzik brings the word games, accounting gimmicks, and so much more.
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A Fun Way to Solve Social Security Insolvency
Just have the Fed give them a bunch of Treasury bonds.
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Ro Khanna’s Danish Approach to Active Labor Market Policy
Subsidized jobs for the long-term unemployed is a fine idea.
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Randy Wray Argues a Job Guarantee Will Suppress Wages
Wray argues employers can crush their workers with JG scabs.
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Work Levels in the US and Nordic Countries
Switching to Danish work levels would provide 2 extra months of vacation.
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How to Think About a Child Allowance
It does not have to be about natalism. It can be about equality.
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The Marx Ratio and the Trouble with Coops
How social wealth funds solve a major coop problem.
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The Job Guarantee and National Accounts Gaming
On the simulations and simulacra of the job guarantee.
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Hyman Minsky Really Did Oppose the Dole on Principle
He was not just concerned about inflation and feasibility.