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Sunday, June 16, 2019

Medicare for America: A Health Care Plan That Deserves a Second Look

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Last December two Democratic representatives, Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut and Jan Schakowsky of Illinois, introduced a health care ref...
Sunday, June 9, 2019

The Economics of a Job Guarantee

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A federal job guarantee (JG) is one of the hardy perennials of American politics. Such a guarantee would offer public-service employment ...
Thursday, June 6, 2019

Joe Biden Commits to Decarbonization but Not To a Carbon Tax

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Joe Biden’s  climate action plan  is a passionate declaration of good intentions. Unfortunately, all the passion is undermined by his fa...
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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