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US Companies Are Flush With Left Over Cash

Brian Dew December 19, 2018

The median S&P 500 company has over $800 million in surplus cash.

Avoiding Climate Change Without Sinking the Poor

Matt Bruenig December 11, 2018

Some notes on carbon taxes and distributive justice.

Welfare Benefit Types: Flat, Means-Tested, Trapezoid, Etc.

Matt Bruenig December 4, 2018

Welfare benefits come in so many lovely varieties.

A Child Allowance Would Be Very Effective at Poverty Reduction

Matt Bruenig November 29, 2018

It beats other basic income approaches on a per-dollar basis.

Important Not to Confuse Monopoly and Wealth Inequality

Matt Bruenig November 27, 2018

Monopoly and wealth inequality are somewhat different things.

Various Measures of the Distribution of Student Debt

Matt Bruenig November 19, 2018

The shape of student debt is very sensitive to measurement.

Public Wealth in the US and Nordic Countries

Matt Bruenig November 8, 2018

Norway’s government has a net worth equal to 350 percent of its GDP.

The White House’s Deceptive Pickup Truck Math

Matt Bruenig November 5, 2018

Trucks are more affordable than the White House says.

The Economic Equality Agenda in a Nutshell

Matt Bruenig November 2, 2018

Build the welfare state, the unions, and state ownership.

3P Gives Glenn Kessler 8 Pinocchios for Healthcare Bungle

Matt Bruenig November 1, 2018

People are always at risk of changing health insurance.