Author:Matt Bruenig
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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.