Category: Posts
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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.
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A Six-Point Plan for States Who Want Free Obamacare
States can and should exploit the design of Obamacare.
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How Does a Job Guarantee Differ from Unemployment?
Taking a somewhat different approach to the JG debate.
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How to Fairly Sort Students for College
Tests plus affirmative action seems to be the way to go.
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"Fixing" the ACA Exchanges Only Makes Them Worse
When local governments fix their exchanges, the poor suffer.
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The Case for Family Welfare Benefits
It is all about smoothing out capitalism's absurd income distribution.
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Bad ACA Rules Cost Low-Income Americans $2 Billion a Year
States should enact regulations to block "silver squeezing."
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The U.S. Spends Far Too Little on Social Welfare
The U.S. has a terrible record on social welfare spending.
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Some Notes on Federal Job Guarantee Proposals
Full employment is an important goal, but there are other ways to achieve it.
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A Plan To Nationalize Fossil Fuel Companies
Free-market solutions can’t avert climate disaster. Public ownership of polluters can.
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The SAT Can Level the Playing Field in Education
The SAT is fairer to disadvantaged students than other assessments.
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The State Owns 76% of Norway's Non-Home Wealth
Norway stands above everyone else in its level of state ownership.
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The Nordic Myths That Never Seem to Die
Frantically googling a rebuttal is never a good idea.
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Rising Homelessness Will Get Worse Under Trump Budget
Trump's budget cuts our already inadequate housing benefits even further.
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How Capitalist Is Singapore Really?
Singapore's state is very fond of owning the means of production.
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Initial Property Continues to Vex Libertarians
The libertarian love-hate relationship with folk morality.
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Obamacare Works Better With Monopoly Insurers
Monopolists are paradoxically making health care more affordable.
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Why Should Health Care Be Completely Free?
Cost-sharing requires the sick to lead worse lives.