Category: Posts
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IRS Confirms Major CTC Participation Problems
New CTC will not go to large share of poor children.
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What Is Going On With Inflation? Vacations and Chips.
Airlines, hotels, and used cars make up 65% of the inflation bump.
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What Michal Kalecki Meant by Full Employment
It is not about the employment level. It is about holdout power.
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Big Increase in Jobseekers Who Are Finding Jobs
Gross labor flows tell a more detailed story of the labor market.
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Biden Should Sunset the EITC Not the CTC
If you have to pick one, EITC is the much better way to go.
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Parent Carers Really Should Get Child Care Benefits
Child care benefits don't have to be about the mommy wars.
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Problems with Biden's American Family Plan
Bad designs and budget gimmicks taint the potentially good plan.
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Common Ownership Is Actually Good
The Big 3 asset managers push product prices lower not higher.
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An Exchange Public Option Could Save $170 Billion
Democrats need to include a public option in the next bill.
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Medicaid and Medicare Drove Increases in Insurance
The ACA exchanges have done very little to insure people.
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Clearing Up Confusions About the PRO Act
The ABC Test is not really being implemented, though it should be!
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The Fight For Full Employment Starts Now
This time, let's err on the side of overheating for once.
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States Should Activate Extended Benefit Triggers
Unemployment benefits are set to expire in many states soon.
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Where Do We Go From Here on Tax Credits?
Let the debate begin on how to permanently change the system.
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The Parliamentarian Does Not Decide Byrd Rule Questions
The Vice President decides on points of order during reconciliation.
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The Success Sequence Has Found Its Latest Mark
The Success Sequence is not a very good guide to poverty.
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Simulating the Minimum Wage in the Tax Code
Why not lard up the tax code with some more bullshit?
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A $15 Minimum Wage Increases the Deficit for Good Reasons
CBO score shows a minimum wage increase is clearly reconcilable.
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Oren Cass Wants Child Benefits for Everyone But the Poor
Cass's new idea is that the US policy status quo is right.
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Who Should Administer a New Child Benefit Program?
The Social Security Administration is the way to go.