One big problem with the multitrillion-dollar Biden investments was that most of the money was filtered through antiquated ...

Every think tank, aside from the few that maintain an allegiance to the current Administration, now faces a test: How do they ...

We use the term “deliverism” to describe the presumption of a linear and direct relationship between economic policy and people’s political allegiances. Originally coined by Matt Stoller and expanded ...

Until the late 1970s, a rough balance of power existed between democracy and capitalism. Can today’s capitalists be more like yesterday’s?

The federal tax system has undergone a profound transformation in the last century in the way it treats low-income households. When it was first instituted in 1913, the modern income tax was levied on ...

How three decades of technological change, globalization, and government policy made workers more at the mercy of concentrated capital.

In the fall of 2018, University of California, Berkeley economist Emmanuel Saez said, to an audience of economists, policymakers, and the press, “If the data don’t fit the theory, change the theory.” ...

Symposium | Can Women Save America? White Women: Our Most Divided Voting Bloc By Julie Kohler from Summer 2020, No. 57 – 15 MIN READ Tagged Donald Trump Racism Republicans voting Women ...

To challenge trickle-down economics, progressives need to develop a compelling story that explains how to generate economic growth. Otherwise we will remain on the defensive about whether our policies ...

Despite the controversy over their very existence, there isn’t much disagreement over how charter schools came to be. For over 25 years, charter supporters and opponents alike have settled on a ...

Why cultivating a shared cultural core is more important than ever—and why such a project serves progressive ends.

American democracy is under direct threat today, and that threat must be vanquished. But in the longer term, we also need to think about ways to make democracy in the United States more representative ...