Financial Crisis

Bonnie Watson Coleman

Moving Beyond the Earned-Income Tax Credit Moving Beyond the Earned-Income Tax Credit

The EITC might be the most progressive part of the tax code, but it still fails to reach the country’s neediest.

Nov 15, 2018 / Colin McAuliffe and Sean McElwee

Ocasio-Cortez and Pressley

Progressive Economics Are Ascendant—Among Democrats, and at the Ballot Box Progressive Economics Are Ascendant—Among Democrats, and at the Ballot Box

It’s good politics and good policy, and should be a winning formula in 2020.

Nov 15, 2018 / Chris Hughes

Maine SNAP EBT

That Trump Administration Claim That Poverty Is Low? Outright Flimflam. That Trump Administration Claim That Poverty Is Low? Outright Flimflam.

It’s based on deeply flawed methodology, resulting from a study whose conclusions are arbitrary. In fact, poverty is seriously understated.

Oct 18, 2018 / Jeff Madrick

mcconnell frown

The Austerity Hawks Are Coming for Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid The Austerity Hawks Are Coming for Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid

Mitch McConnell just revealed the scheme: cut taxes for the billionaires class, create deficits, and then shred the social safety net.

Oct 17, 2018 / John Nichols

Protest Against IMF in Argentina

The IMF’s ‘Large Brain, Unhealthy Ego, and Tiny Conscience’ The IMF’s ‘Large Brain, Unhealthy Ego, and Tiny Conscience’

The reforms to the IMF since the global financial crisis have amounted to window dressing.

Sep 14, 2018 / Lauren Carasik

The Rise of the Inequality Industry

The Rise of the Inequality Industry The Rise of the Inequality Industry

Since 2008, wonks, politicians, poets, and bankers have all started talking about inequality. But are they interested in making us more equal?

Sep 13, 2018 / Feature / Atossa Araxia Abrahamian

Angela Merkel stares down Trump G-7

The Transatlantic Alliance Will Survive Trump The Transatlantic Alliance Will Survive Trump

The forecasts of its demise are premature. Why? Because there’s a shared interest in global domination.

Aug 27, 2018 / Mark Weisbrot

Student debt protest

The State Lawsuit That Could Set a Precedent for Nationwide Student-Loan Refunds The State Lawsuit That Could Set a Precedent for Nationwide Student-Loan Refunds

What is certain is that borrowers will continue to pay the price if student-loan companies aren’t held accountable.

Aug 9, 2018 / StudentNation / Natalia Abrams and Senya Merchant

Preet Bharara Shrugging

The Flawed Legend of Preet Bharara The Flawed Legend of Preet Bharara

After being fired by Trump, the former US Attorney wears a halo of martyrdom. But he failed to prosecute the Wall Street banksters who brought us the financial crisis.

Jul 10, 2018 / William D. Cohan

Gig Economy Bike Death

My Best Friend Lost His Life to the Gig Economy My Best Friend Lost His Life to the Gig Economy

Pablo Avendano was a food-delivery courier struggling to make ends meet. Then he was killed delivering an order.

Jul 10, 2018 / George Ciccariello-Maher

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