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Creating an Alaska-Style Permanent Fund in Washington State

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

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

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Rep. Tlaib’s Economic Dignity for All Agenda Would Bring Economic Security for Millions

The agenda would lower poverty by 42% and child poverty by two-thirds.

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Do Millionaire Surtaxes Lead to Millionaire Exodus?

Assessing the Massachusetts millionaire’s tax three years on.

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Crunching the Numbers on Predistribution

Merely including the elderly flips the relative importance of redistribution.

Oct 31st, 2025
Do Predistribution People Know How to Read?

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

Oct 26th, 2025
Does Europe Use Market Incomes to Achieve Equality?

No.

Oct 7th, 2025
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.

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