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Single Payer Is Not a Principle
The principle is universal coverage. There are a number of ways to get there. We need to remember this.
By Harold PollackFeatures
The Monster Eating Our States and Cities
To feed the pension beast, state and local governments are starving education and infrastructure. But yes, something can be done.
By Richard VagueTHE LATEST FROM DEMOCRACY
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Post-Redistribution Liberalism
By Isabel SawhillBook Reviews
That Greedy Upper-Middle Class
Will the top 20 percent be willing to forego some of their advantages so that others may rise? Tough one.
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Tax Cut? I Don't Want It.
I’m a member of the one percent and I don’t need a tax break, but Donald Trump wants to give me one anyway…at the expense of everyone else.
By Morris PearlArguments
A Venezuela of the North?
Defenders of the status quo have turned to South America in search of a boogey man of the left to compete with Trump. But demonizing left-wing populism makes authoritarianism more likely, not less.
By Benjamin L. McKeanArguments
“Competition” and the Tax Reform Debate
Where exactly does this word fit into the corporate tax debate? Nowhere, it’s a talking point, not an argument.
By Josh BivensArguments
When Everyone Has Health Care
As discussions of single-payer health care have intensified, what can we learn from those practicing medicine in Canada's single-payer system?
By Danyaal RazaArguments
When the President is King
As the French opposition has failed to oppose Macron, can the resistance on the streets find its way back into the institutions of power?
By Daniel NichanianBook Reviews
Racism Didn't Stop at Jim Crow
Richard Rothstein’s history of the racist housing policies of governments—yes, even liberal ones—is searing, revealing, and embarrassing.
By Samuel R. BagenstosBook Reviews
At the Mercy of the Tech Gods
Franklin Foer offers many keen insights, but ultimately his case against the tech giants is too small-bore.
By Thomas GoetzFeatures
Post-Redistribution Liberalism
Changing the tax structure, even radically, won’t really change much. We need to look to pre-tax inequities to transform society.
By Isabel Sawhill Changing the tax structure, even radically, won’t really change much. We need to look to pre-tax inequities to transform society.
