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Gaps in Biden's Plan, Part 1
The American Jobs Plan is historic in it's scale, but we can't pat ourselves on the back yet.
Saikat Chakrabarti
Apr 16
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How to organize Amazon
The failed campaign in Bessemer, Alabama, does not prove that workers don't want a union. It shows that workers see no logic in the labor movement's on…
Zack Exley
Apr 13
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When Are Booms ‘Booms’? When Are They Merely 'Inflations'?
Sometimes it seems as though every time public officials return to talking about productive Hamiltonian public investment, or speak in a balanced way o…
Robert Hockett
Apr 7
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Bidenomics: a giant leap for a president, a baby step for a nation
America is finally changing its mind about manufacturing. For the past several decades, Democratic and Republican administrations competed to see who c…
Zack Exley
Apr 6
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What's needed to complete the new consensus
All across the political spectrum, those who think about and implement economic policy are rapidly gravitating toward a new consensus. Ideological oppo…
Zack Exley
Mar 26
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Biden should invest in vertical farming
Biden’s plans to spend $3-5 trillion in a recovery package to rebuild the economy sounds very promising. In this series, we’re exploring ideas for him …
Saikat Chakrabarti
Mar 25
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We know how to pandemic proof America. Will we?
I'm angry in advance at the Biden administration for not preventing the next pandemic--a pandemic which experts warn could be anywhere from 1/10th to 1…
Zack Exley
Mar 24
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Ideas for the Rebuild
After passing a $1.9 trillion dollar COVID-19 relief package, the Biden administration has accomplished its first goal of getting a floor under our eco…
Saikat Chakrabarti
Mar 18
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The Fed's balance sheet, part 2: What's on it?
For part 1 of this post that explains what the balance sheet is, click here. Since 2008, first because of the great recession of 2008-09 and now becaus…
Saikat Chakrabarti
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Robert Hockett
Feb 3
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The Fed's balance sheet, part 1: What is it - and why should we care?
Every year, hundreds of billions of dollars in new money are created from nothing by the Federal Reserve System and pumped into our economy. And since …
Saikat Chakrabarti
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Robert Hockett
Feb 2
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Industrial policy for the 21st century
Saikat Chakrabarti
Jan 23
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