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
Tim Wu Goes After the Titans of the New Gilded Age Tim Wu Goes After the Titans of the New Gilded Age
The Columbia law professor says the economy has been “conquered by inhuman creatures’’—corporations.
Nov 13, 2018 / Q&A / Christopher Shay
The Plague of Pointless Work The Plague of Pointless Work
In his new book, David Graeber examines the decoupling of work from meaningful activity.
Nov 8, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Michael Robbins
Consider the Lobster Tariffs Consider the Lobster Tariffs
From coastal communities in Maine to farming towns in Iowa, Trump’s trade war with China is taking its toll.
Nov 5, 2018 / Willy Blackmore
What a Rural Maine House Race Can Teach the Left What a Rural Maine House Race Can Teach the Left
Chloe Maxmin could be the first Democrat ever to win Maine House District 88 in a place deep in the state where one thing is clear: The left abandoned rural America.
Oct 26, 2018 / StudentNation / Chloe Maxmin and Canyon Woodward
‘If We Won’t, Then Who Will?’: An Interview With Chloe Maxmin and Canyon Woodward ‘If We Won’t, Then Who Will?’: An Interview With Chloe Maxmin and Canyon Woodward
Maxmin, 25, is running for state representative in the most rural county in the most rural state in the country—at a time when young political candidates are having their moment.
Oct 25, 2018 / StudentNation / StudentNation
A New Report Shows the White House Is Terrified of Socialism A New Report Shows the White House Is Terrified of Socialism
The Council of Economic Advisers’ investigation into the “opportunity costs of socialism” reads like a nervous undergraduate's term paper.
Oct 23, 2018 / Kate Aronoff
Voters Must Catch On to Republicans’ Con on Health Care Voters Must Catch On to Republicans’ Con on Health Care
The GOP’s duck-and-cover effort impedes a debate we need to have on providing universal coverage and increasing Social Security.
Oct 23, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Bankers of the World, Unite! Bankers of the World, Unite!
To stabilize our economy, we should unionize the financial sector.
Oct 19, 2018 / Mike Konczal
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