Author:Matt Bruenig
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New Fed Data: Top 10% Now Own 77% Of The Wealth
The top 1 percent keep on grabbing more and more.
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An Issue With Warren’s Bill To Repeal Right-To-Work Laws
Warren's bill may not achieve its stated purpose as currently drafted.
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Single Payer Myths: Passing Through Health Savings
How to use payroll taxes to prevent an unjust employer windfall.
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Single Payer Myths: Understanding Labor Turnover
Most economic reforms are deep down about reallocating labor.
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Single Payer Myths: Redundant Health Administration Workers
Streamlining the health care bureaucracy would not be that painful.
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How Poor And Nonpoor Adults Spent Their Weeks Last Year
Poor adults tend to spend more weeks disabled, studying, and caring.
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The Contents Of The New Medicare-For-All Bill
Lots of coverage, low cost-sharing, and steeply progressive taxes.
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Household Income Up $700 At Median, $9,900 At The Top
The absolute gap between the top and the rest keeps growing.
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New Census Data: 18% Of Low-Income People Are Uninsured
Health insurance remains elusive for young and poor people.
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Who Was Poor In 2016 And Why Our System Keeps Failing Them
Capitalism drives poverty and only the welfare state can fix that.