Category: Posts
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Only One Welfare Tweak Made It Through the Democratic Trifecta
All that is left of Biden's welfare platform is an increase in premium subsidies for the 3.6 percent of Americans who get insurance from the ACA exchanges.
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Jobs Report: 1.7 Million Workers Fell Into Unemployment
The overall employment rate ticked down to 47.5 percent.
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In Rubio's Plan, Your Estate Must Repay Your Parental Leave Benefits If You Die Early
Watch out orphan children — SSA may soon be coming for your inheritance.
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The New Romney Benefit Will Be an Administrative Mess
The new design carves out the poor in more ways than one.
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Starbucks Union Grows to 5,000 Workers in June
The Starbucks Union won 82 elections in June, its best month so far.
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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 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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Prioritize Permanent UI Improvements Over Trigger-Based Improvements
The idea that UI should be primarily understood as a macro stabilization policy is wrong.
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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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Reviving the Keystone XL Pipeline Is Economically Pointless
It will be too little and too late to help alleviate oil prices.
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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?