Category:Posts
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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.
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The Only Accounting Gimmick Manchin Likes
Phaseouts are taxes that are accounted as spending reductions.
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Does Inflation Discredit Left Policy Ideas?
No.
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Why Not Just Nationalize Tyson Foods?
Directly solving the problem of meatpacking collusion should be pretty easy.
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The Folly of Means-Testing a Child Allowance
Means-testing is a revenue-raising tax done very stupidly and inefficiently.
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The Romney Child Allowance Is Good
A solid child allowance that is also sneakily better than the Dem parental leave plan.
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What to Do About Very Bad Parents?
Cutting incomes does not help kids dealing with bad or irresponsible parents.