Author: Matt Bruenig
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What Is a Good Tax Credit? Am I Losing My Mind?
The $2,000 survival checks are better than other tax credits.
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Distributional Analysis of the $2000 Survival Checks
Only the bottom 60 percent receive the full amount.
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Pandemic Payments Total to $2,263 Per Person
That is equal to over $9,000 for every family of four.
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New COVID Bill Excludes 13.5 Million Adult Dependents
Millions of poor people will be excluded from relief.
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Survival Payments Versus UI Bonus Payments
Real talk on the most confusing debate of the moment.
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The State of Poverty and Health Insurance in America
The poor are nonworkers who often lack health insurance.
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CBO: Medicare for All Reduces Health Spending
More health care for less money is a no-brainer if you like good things.
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How Should We Understand Capital Income Inequality?
Public ownership of capital is an important part of reducing inequality.
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Let's Have a Universal Holiday Bonus
A modest check could provide a happy holiday for all.
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What Is the Current Student Debt Situation?
Pondering student debt forgiveness with the freshest data.
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Matt Bruenig Debates Job Guarantee with Mark Paul
Philly DSA hosts the the first-of-its-kind debate on the proposal.
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How to Fix the Employer Liability Problem
A public fund can solve the problem and break the grid lock.
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The Earned Income Tax Credit is Racist
The EITC's family cap is racism. The uncapped child allowance is antiracism.
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Wealth Inequality Across Age and Class in 2019
The top 10 percent of ever age group owns almost all the group's wealth.
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Wealth Inequality Across Education and Class in 2019
Every age and education group has the same sort of inequality.
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Wealth Inequality Across Race and Class in 2019
Wealth continues to be heavily concentrated at the top.
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Millionaires and Billionaires Own 79% of All Household Wealth
The wealthiest among us owns almost everything, once again.
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The Problems With Means-Testing Are Real
Means-tested programs really do exclude a lot of deserving people.
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What Exactly is the Liberal Position on the Supreme Court?
Judicial supremacy for me but not for thee is no answer.
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More Bizarre Arguments About the COVID Economic Response
ProPublica got snowed. It happens to the best of us, even David Dayen.