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Tuesday, May 14, 2019

A Shopping Trip to the Past Reveals an Important Truth About Inflation

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Inflation has been pretty well contained lately, averaging well below the Fed’s target rate of 2 percent. But could the true rate of inf...
Sunday, May 12, 2019

In Search of a Better Measure of Labor Market Slack

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Every month we watch for changes in the unemployment rate. Most people cheer when the unemployment rate falls — how can we not like it w...
Wednesday, May 1, 2019

Rep. Paul Tonko's Nine Principles of Climate Change are a Call to Action. So Let's Act!

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Rep. Paul Tonko, who chairs a House subcommittee on Environment & Climate Change Subcommittee, has published a list of nine principl...
Friday, April 5, 2019

The Green New Deal: Aspirations and Alternatives

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The Green New Deal resolution was introduced to Congress as H.R 109  on February 7. It immediately became the central focus of the progres...
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Sunday, March 31, 2019

Why "Do No Harn" Should Be Fiscal Policy Rule No. 1

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  The 35-day government shutdown that kicked-off 2019 is only the latest indicator of the fiscal chaos that reigns in Washington. T...
Saturday, March 30, 2019

How to Slow Climate Change Without Hurting the Poor

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"Energy is the lifeblood of any economy,” writes  H. Sterling Burnett , a fellow at the Heartland Institute. “A carbon tax would in...
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How Universal Catastrophic Coverage Could Ease the Transition to Health Care for All

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The vision of universal access to health care that lies behind Medicare for All has wide appeal. However, as David Brooks noted in a  rec...