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Creating an Alaska-Style Permanent Fund in Washington State

Alaska shows that states can tackle wealth inequality if they really want to.

Matt Bruenig and Kamau Chege

Crunching the Numbers on Predistribution

Merely including the elderly flips the relative importance of redistribution.

1 week ago

Do Predistribution People Know How to Read?

How many times will they fall for the same exact measurement tricks?

2 weeks ago

Does Europe Use Market Incomes to Achieve Equality?

No.

1 month ago

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Providing Family Benefits in Washington State

How states can create a system of social democratic family benefits.

A New Way to Support Disabled Americans

America’s disability programs require an extensive overhaul. American Disability Compensation offers a comprehensive solution.

The Nordic Model Invents the Goods

Nordic countries are good at using public ownership and investment to invent and deploy new technologies.

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Red Greenland

The small island nation has one of the largest and most successful portfolios of state-owned companies in the world. What?

Sep 23rd, 2025
The Simple Math of Poverty

Poverty is just not as exciting as people want it to be.

Aug 29th, 2025
Bad Arguments Against Free Buses

The transit world has talked itself into a nonsense understanding of revenue tradeoffs.

Jun 17th, 2025
Abundance Has a Theory of Power

I don't know why this is being so obfuscated.

Jun 9th, 2025
Is There Really an Epidemic of Workless Medicaid Recipients?

A deep dive into the Survey of Income and Program Participation.

May 15th, 2025
Success Sequence Followers Do Not Follow the Success Sequence

More on this fake thing.

Apr 29th, 2025
The Employment of Young Men

The flimsiest of possible excuses for cutting Medicaid.

Apr 11th, 2025
Federal Workers Are Spread Out Across the Country

Contrary to popular belief, they don't all work in DC.

Apr 2nd, 2025
What Happens to People Who Have Three Months of Emergency Savings?

Following them for a year reveals lots of economic insecurity.

Mar 25th, 2025
The Abundance Agenda

A review.

Mar 24th, 2025

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How States Can Extend the Child Tax Credit to the Poor

States can easily and cheaply fill in the gaps of the federal Child Tax Credit.
Water for All

Americans regularly lose access to water simply because they are poor and unable to pay their bills. Water bills are cruel and unnecessary. We should just get rid of them.
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Democrats should abandon their tax credit fetish for a universal child benefit.
How Medicare for All Would Affect Union Health Plans

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