Author: Matt Bruenig
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New Romney Child Benefit Carves Out the Poor
A once-promising plan is no longer worth considering.
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Jobs Report: Full-Time Employment Rate Ticks Up to 39.9%
The last 12 months saw nearly 19 million unemployment events.
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The Starbucks Union Won 60 Elections in May
By the end of May, the Starbucks Union had unionized 102 stores and 2,815 workers.
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The Rapidly Growing Starbucks Union in Numbers
Based on current filings alone, the Starbucks Union is already on track to have 6,400 workers at 230 stores.
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The Racial Dynamics of Student Debt
The distribution of student debt varies a bit by race.
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Jobs Report: Employment Rate Ticks Down to 47.5%
Over 1.7 million workers became unemployed last month, 19 million in the last 12 months.
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Gender Equality in the US and Nordics
The Nordic labor market looks a lot like the US labor market when it comes to gender.
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The Dem Policy Apparatus Is Very Dysfunctional
The Democratic policy world produces bad ideas and then misleads everybody about them.
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Twenty Million People Became Unemployed Last Year
The jobs report gives a misleading understanding of unemployment.
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Social Democracy Is Not Built on Stimulus
Stimulus can only do so much until it runs its course.
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Carbon Taxes and Dividends Are Different From Regular Price Hikes
Carbon taxes and dividends do not reduce disposable incomes.
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Biden Can Control the TVA
Biden can reverse the TVA's recent fossil fuel decisions if he really wants to.
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Nationalize the Oil Companies
Relying on private investors to prop up a dying industry is foolish.
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The Child Tax Credit Cannot Be Administered
Can we finally admit the advanced refundable CTC is a mess?
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The Trouble With Analyzing Redistribution
Nonworking people clog up the bottom of the distribution in frustrating ways.
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Why We Need the Welfare State
There is no way around it. Equality requires the welfare state.
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Did Modern Monetary Theory Get a Tryout?
Monetary and fiscal stimulus is just the normal way of responding to recessions.
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What's the Point of the Rubio Company Union Bill?
The search for a working-class conservatism winds up in a familiar union-busting place.
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Members Tlaib and Jones Introduce the End Child Poverty Act
This is the best child allowance proposal to date.
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The Child Tax Credit Labor Supply Debate
It is an interesting but ultimately silly and low-stakes debate.