Author: Matt Bruenig
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How Many People Live Paycheck to Paycheck?
A thrillingly ambiguous debate.
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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.
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Providing Family Benefits in Washington State
How states can create a system of social democratic family benefits.
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Health Care Administration Wastes Half a Trillion Dollars Every Year
Health insurers are actually very bad.
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Biden Should Commute All Current Death Sentences to Life in Prison
If Biden does not act, Trump will kill.
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Eliminating Marriage Penalties Through Universalism
The social democratic welfare state wins again.
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Assessing Antitrust and "Populism"
A response to Adam Jentleson.
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The Comedy of the Winter Fuel Payment Means Test
Means testing insanity in the United Kingdom.
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I Have a Piece in the New York Times
It is about Starbucks and the NLRB.
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Quick Reaction to Harris Policy Proposals
Some good. Some bad. A lot of meh.
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Tim Wu Does Not Understand the Welfare State
No redistribution of factor payments will ever obviate the need for the welfare state.
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What About Wages?
Real wages took a hit for the first couple of years of the Biden administration.
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One More Time on the Economy
Three different arguments happening simultaneously is leading to a conceptual mess.
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Imagine a Central Income Distribution Institution
It's a good idea and a useful intellectual exercise.
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How Has Wealth Changed Under Biden
Developments in household wealth also explain why some are dissatisfied with their finances.
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The Economy Versus the Economic System
Understanding objections to the Biden economy.
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How to Think About Chicago's Municipal Grocery Store Proposal
State ownership frameworks are important.
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Wealth Distribution in 2022
Wealth inequality is as it has always been. But it doesn't have to be.
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Who Are the Poor in 2021 and 2022?
The usual suspects are poor yet again.
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Holistic Admissions Criteria Favor the Rich
New research confirms that things like recommendation letters and extracurriculars favor the rich.