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A monthly feature about the economy by Bryce Covert and Mike Konczal.
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March 19, 2020
The greatest mistake would be to repeat our errors from the Great Recession.
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February 14, 2020
The president’s farm aid lays bare the racial and class implications of his disdain of government assistance.
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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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December 19, 2019
Private institutions should be forced to compete with free, high-quality public ones.
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December 2, 2019
Despite job growth, employees face daunting precarity—and they’re fed up.
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The Nation is reader supported.
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October 11, 2019
A wealth tax is one of the most progressive government levies, falling entirely on the extremely wealthy.
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September 20, 2019
More and more parents are ending up trapped between what they feel is a moral obligation toward higher education and their financial reality.
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July 12, 2019
As industries get more concentrated, businesses have to do less to earn more.
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May 31, 2019
By redefining poverty, millions fewer people would be able to take advantage of lifesaving programs.
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April 26, 2019
If you think the fight with insurance companies is tough, just wait until single-payer advocates have to go head-to-head with doctors.
