Posts – People's Policy Project

How To Think About Corporate Bailouts Correctly

Matt Bruenig March 23, 2020

Get that equity. Get that bread. Get those bands. Now. Now. Now.

Understanding Claims About Basic Income and Inflation

Matt Bruenig March 18, 2020

Job guarantee advocates are broadly dishonest and stupid.

Some Economic Responses to the Coronavirus Recession

Matt Bruenig March 16, 2020

Some thoughts on how to respond to this recession in particular.

FAMILY Act Would Deny Benefits to One-Third of New Parents

Matt Bruenig March 8, 2020

Proponents of paid family leave need to fix this glaring problem now.

Study Showing Bernie Needs Huge Youth Turnout Is Nonsense

Seth Ackerman March 5, 2020

The paper’s core claim is based on a simple math error.

Fareed Zakaria Is Completely Ignorant About the Nordics

Matt Bruenig March 2, 2020

Zakaria fakes his way through another essay with predictable results.

Comparing Warren’s and Sanders’s Child Care Proposals

Matt Bruenig February 28, 2020

Warren’s plan relies upon complicated and pointless user fees.

Warren’s Increasingly Desperate Health Care Messaging

Matt Bruenig February 26, 2020

Fading from the race, Warren tries to rehabilitate her bad health plan.

Bloomberg Is Wealthier Than The Bottom 125 Million Americans

Matt Bruenig February 19, 2020

Other estimates suggest the real number is over 150 million people.

The Culinary Health Insurance Is Not That Great

Matt Bruenig February 13, 2020

How does a $9,800 premium and $12,700 out-of-pocket maximum sound?