Economic Policy

There Are Too Few Companies and Their Profits Are Too High

There Are Too Few Companies and Their Profits Are Too High There Are Too Few Companies and Their Profits Are Too High

As industries get more concentrated, businesses have to do less to earn more.

Jul 12, 2019 / Mike Konczal

Migrants crossing through Agadez

What Happened When the EU Moved Its Fight to Stop Migration to Niger What Happened When the EU Moved Its Fight to Stop Migration to Niger

Overnight, an EU-backed law criminalized the main source of income in the city of Agadez. It didn’t stop migration, but it wrecked the economy.

Jul 5, 2019 / Rémi Carayol

New York Is About to Pass One of the Most Ambitious Climate Bills in the Land

New York Is About to Pass One of the Most Ambitious Climate Bills in the Land New York Is About to Pass One of the Most Ambitious Climate Bills in the Land

The credit goes to the activists who pushed it for more than three years.

Jun 19, 2019 / Raina Lipsitz

NAFTA flags

9 Reasons Why You Should Care About Trade 9 Reasons Why You Should Care About Trade

Elites make trade boring for a reason. Here’s how to fight back.

Jun 17, 2019 / Ethan Earle

Shutdown Worker

Trump’s Attack on Working People Demands a Bold, Progressive Response Trump’s Attack on Working People Demands a Bold, Progressive Response

Piecemeal reforms won’t do the job.

Jun 4, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Trump’s Plan to Deny Benefits: Pretend People Aren’t Poor

Trump’s Plan to Deny Benefits: Pretend People Aren’t Poor Trump’s Plan to Deny Benefits: Pretend People Aren’t Poor

By redefining poverty, millions fewer people would be able to take advantage of lifesaving programs.

May 31, 2019 / Bryce Covert

Bernie Sanders

Bernie’s Plan to Save Public Schools Bernie’s Plan to Save Public Schools

Sanders has the most progressive education platform in modern American history.

May 20, 2019 / StudentNation / Nikhil Goyal

Donald Trump

Donald Trump’s Tax Maneuvers Are Typical for His Class Donald Trump’s Tax Maneuvers Are Typical for His Class

If there’s a tax-evasion problem, it festers at the top of our income scale. Yet the IRS too often expends its precious resources going after the poor.

May 16, 2019 / Bryce Covert

cyril ramaphosa south africa

Where Did the South African Left Go Wrong? Where Did the South African Left Go Wrong?

The ANC has failed to tackle poverty and inequality—and will win the presidency anyway.

May 6, 2019 / Kenichi Serino

Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam

Ethiopia’s Economic Miracle Is an Environmental Tragedy Ethiopia’s Economic Miracle Is an Environmental Tragedy

Ethiopia’s rivers and lakes are now drying up at terrifying speed.

May 1, 2019 / Christelle Gérand

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