Author:Matt Bruenig
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Hyman Minsky’s Views on the “Welfare Mess”
Minsky wanted to use a job guarantee to eliminate the "welfare mess."
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Everyone Can Have Their Own Job Guarantee
The job guarantee can mean anything you want it to mean.
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Prisoners Should be Allowed to Vote. Here Is How to Do It.
Universal suffrage should mean absolutely everyone.
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Could Coordinated Wage Setting Solve Everything?
Sectoral bargaining can employ everyone and counteract monopsony.
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Only 1 in 3 Americans Work Full Time
If work brings dignity, then most people are undignifed.
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The NYT Gets the Finland Basic Income Story Wrong
There has been no shift against the country's jobless.
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Prior Models for Workable Workfare Work
Helpful lessons from Rudy Giuliani's NYC workfare program.
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How Would a Job Guarantee End Recessions?
Countries with unemployment benefits still have recessions.
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The Gender Wage Gap Across the Whole Distribution
How big is the gender wage gap at every percentile?
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Women Actually Earn Around 40 Percent Less Than Men
Advocates claim women make 20 percent less than men. It's actually worse.