The ultra-wealthy’s dominant power in our political system forces the question: Should America limit billionaire fortunes? A ...
Policymakers from across the political spectrum are endorsing the abundance agenda, with voices ranging from Jared Polis to ...
We can’t just return to the status quo ante. Paradoxically, we’ll need a federal government with both more power and less.
Vice President of Policy Development at the Progressive Policy Institute and the Director of PPI’s Center for Funding America’s Future.
After striving for months to overcome Senate obstruction, climate activists have good reason to tenaciously fight onward for Build Back Better Act (BBBA) priorities. Their eyes fixate on the prize: ...
In the fall of 2018, University of California, Berkeley economist Emmanuel Saez said, to an audience of economists, policymakers, and the press, “If the data don’t fit the theory, change the theory.” ...
America is having a reform moment. According to Pew Research, hundreds of jurisdictions are adopting or considering “alternative” electoral systems. Several began doing so only in the past few years.
Over at n+1, one of today’s most important small magazines, Aziz Rana’s story on “Race and the American Creed” aims to take down numerous liberal shibboleths about race, social justice, and politics. ...
It is almost axiomatic that authoritarian (or “would be” authoritarian) leaders are innately hostile to free and open universities. Consider, for instance, the obsessive preoccupation over much of the ...
Industrial policy has traditionally been conceived of as a strategic tool that nations use to gain “market share” in the context of international trade. Over the last five decades or so, the focus of ...
Before a police shooting makes headlines, before the shooting ever happens, there is the moment of contact between the police officer and the eventual victim. Sometimes the officer is responding to a ...
Contracts are unavoidable. From signing up for an online account, joining a new company for employment, signing a rental agreement, or even parking a car in a public garage—contracts are ubiquitous.