When they want to wage war or destroy the planet, American political elites are obsessed with “job creation.” When workers start accruing a modest amount of power, elites demand increased unemployment.
If they auto-enroll everyone in their newly generous income-driven repayment plan, it will significantly take the sting out of resuming payments. Joe Biden’s plan is the culmination of years of activist work.
Child care and elder care investments provide U.S. families more options and better lives. The added effect of boosting expectations of labor supply growth means that now would be a great time to undertake them to fight inflation.
A post-Covid jobs recovery has strengthened workers’ hand – companies posting record profits don’t need government to slow the economy
Rampant outsourcing, financialization, monopolization, deregulation, and just-in-time logistics are the culprits. Our supply chains were designed for maximum profit rather than getting things to people, problems that arose in the pandemic folded in.
Is Biden ready to insist that national economic planning is not just ideologically permissible but urgently necessary?
The United States Postal Service (USPS) has taken the most dramatic step in a half-century to re-establish a postal banking system. The test allows customers to cash business or payroll checks at the post office and place them onto a gift card.
Democrats don’t lose elections because of rising prices. They lose when they cut spending and raise interest rates, sacrificing other goals at the altar of price stability.
A “rigging of the system” that empowered employers over workers was due to policy changes and changes in business practices that systematically undercut workers’ ability to get higher pay, job security, and better-quality jobs.
A new report puts into focus for the first time the scope of the state’s drinking-water problems and what it will take to fix them.
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