The Case Against a Consumption Tax
Why a consumption tax does not hold up under close scrutiny.
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“The Changing of the Guard:” The Prescient 1980 Book That Foretold the Democrat Love Affair With Neoliberalism
How up and coming Democrats in the 1970s and 1980s decided being wannabe Republicans was a path to power.
Read more...The Opioid Crisis: Treating Root Causes of Addiction
Trump’s declared opioid crisis a national emergency; author Dr. Gabor Mate says effective policy would address the causes of addiction.
Read more...Foxconn’s Con: Seeking Whopping Subsidies for Wisconsin, Michigan Manufacturing Jobs…If They Happen
What the dodgy Foxconn scheme to build factories in the US says about Trump’s commitment to job creation.
Read more...Concrete Material Benefits: “Better Deal” vs. “People’s Platform”
“This is why we can’t have nice things” vs. “This is why you may have slightly better things.”
Read more...Shareholder Value Theory: Social Responsibility Can Increase ROI
Acting on social responsibility demands isn’t just good PR. It can be a sound strategy.
Read more...Struggling but Stuck in Rural America
The Wall Street Journal describes why it’s so hard to escape struggling rural towns. Too bad its readers will hear none of it.
Read more...What the US “Health Care Reform” Debate Did Not Address
A sobering compendium of the factors responsible for the rot in the US health care system.
Read more...Matt Bruenig: The “Success Sequence” Is About Cultural Beefs Not Poverty
Debunking a pet conservative meme about the need to have a family to get out of poverty.
Read more...New Jersey Food Waste Law Will Help Feed Hungry, And Mitigate Climate Change
NJ law aims to reduce food waste and help feed hungry. State climate change policies are key response in the absence of federal action.
Read more...Matt Bruenig: Nordic Socialism Is Realer Than You Think
Yes, Virginia, Nordic countries really are socialist success stories.
Read more...Lack of Hope in America: The High Costs of Being Poor in a Rich Land
Tying the loss of economic mobility to the loss of hope and personal despair.
Read more...Is Productivity Growth Becoming Irrelevant?
Measured GDP and gains in human welfare eventually may become entirely divorced.
Read more...Where Do Pro-Social Institutions Come From?
How Do Countries ’Get to Denmark‘?
Read more...A 21st-Century Form of Indentured Servitude Has Already Penetrated Deep into the American Heartland
Corporations want to make sure that laborers never again have the power to tell big business how to treat them.
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