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A monthly feature about the economy by Bryce Covert and Mike Konczal.
December 30, 2020
Not nearly enough ire has been directed at the Senate majority leader for trying to ensure that any relief package contains a corporate liability shield.
November 2, 2020
Democrats must embrace massive infrastructure projects, giant deficits, and a high debt-to-GDP ratio.
October 5, 2020
Joe Biden has a preposterous definition of the middle class that as president would hamper his ability to enact smart policies.
August 21, 2020
Raising taxes on the rich would help stop the economy from simply channeling income to 1 percent.
July 10, 2020
Cuts will fall the hardest on those who have been on the front lines of the crisis.
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May 29, 2020
Finding a way to provide economic security to our fractured labor force is one of the central goals of our time.
April 17, 2020
A smoothly functioning economy is one in which people who want to work are able to do so.
March 19, 2020
The greatest mistake would be to repeat our errors from the Great Recession.
February 14, 2020
The president’s farm aid lays bare the racial and class implications of his disdain of government assistance.
January 24, 2020
The Bennet-Romney proposal includes a child allowance, which would reduce childhood poverty as well as benefit those further up the income ladder.
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