The US Teachers Strike in Historical Perspective
Past strike waves offer clues to the possible regeneration of the American labor movement.
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Universal Basic Income and Minimum Wages: Progressive or Regressive?
How plans for a universal basic income differ, and what that means in terms of probable results.
Read more...Natural Gas Is Leading West Virginia Down the Same Dark Path As Coal
Elected officials have sided with natural gas companies on tax proposals and property rights legislation. Industry lobbyists have convinced regulators to soften new rules aimed at protecting residents and their communities from drilling damage.
Read more...Want a More Equal Society? Universal Basic Income Might Not Be the Policy You Are Looking For
Why a Universal Basic Income won’t produce the benefits its boosters claim it will.
Read more...Inheritance Among Childless Elites
This column uses data on the British aristocracy to provide evidence of the two-way link between inheritance and fertility decisions on the extensive margin
Read more...Michael Hudson: Bronze Age Redux – What the Ancients Can Teach Us About Debt
Michael Hudson explains why debt cancellation was central to the politics of ancient societies.
Read more...The Federal Job Guarantee Is Not Just “Better” Than a Universal Basic Income. It’s the Only Reasonable Option. Universal Basic Income Is Sinister
Why a federal job guarantee is sound policy and a universal basic income isn’t.
Read more...Analysing Wealth Inequality: A Conceptual Reflection
Why the way economists think about wealth is too narrow, and how to start to remedy that.
Read more...Was Finland’s Universal Basic Income Program A Failure?
A look at the results of recent basic income experiments.
Read more...5 Policies That Could Improve Housing for the Renting Generation
Housing has become a more divisive issue than ever, as rising real estate costs and less job stability make buying a house both harder and more fraught. Renters need better protections, but how to get there?
Read more...Marx and Modern Microeconomics
Marx gets some long-overdue credit.
Read more...Gaius Publius: How the Democrats Could, and Probably Will, Blow 2020
How the Democrats are conspiring to snatch defeat from the jaws of a 2020 victory.
Read more...Why Americans’ Hatred of Taxes Is Fake News
Newspapers consistently underplay wide public support for higher taxes on businesses and the wealthy.
Read more...Oklahoma’s Revolution Didn’t End with Teacher Strikes—It’s Going Much Further
Oklahomans are sick and tired of politics as usual—the good ’ol boy system, they say, must end.
Read more...Three More Reasons for Wealth-Deprived Americans to Take to the Streets
Some telling facts on wealth inequality.
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