Arguments

The Truth About Government Debt

The payments funded by government debt actually increase household wealth. Here's how it all works.

By Richard Vague

May 4, 2023, 5:05 pm – 18 MIN READ

Arguments

College Savings Plans Shouldn’t Be Tax Shelters for the Rich

Subsidized college savings accounts are making the rich richer—but there’s an easy way to direct help to the people who actually need it.

By Kevin Carey Harold Pollack

April 6, 2023, 9:30 am – 4 MIN READ

Book Reviews

Chip Shots

The United States wants to stop China’s semiconductor industry in its tracks. Here’s how it could backfire.

By Arthur Goldhammer

Spring, No. 68 – 18 MIN READ

Features

The New Libertarian Elitists

What’s behind the dangerous new notion that democracy should be left to the well-educated.

By Henry Farrell Hugo Mercier Melissa Schwartzberg

Spring, No. 68 – 27 MIN READ

Arguments

Industrial Policy Requires Public, Not Just Private, Equity 

We need an agency to steer investment away from crypto and toward clean energy and good jobs.

By Saule Omarova Todd Tucker

March 27, 2023, 11:50 am – 10 MIN READ

Book Reviews

The Unraisable Issue

Eric Alterman’s history of U.S. views of Israel asks why the topic is so lethal—and minds so unpersuadable.

By Emily Tamkin

Spring, No. 68 – 14 MIN READ

Book Reviews

The New Abolitionists

Is prison abolition possible? Desirable? Or does it miss the real problem with our criminal justice system?

By Jonathan Blanks

Spring, No. 68 – 12 MIN READ

Book Reviews

No Way Out

How our hollowed-out welfare system punishes working-class moms and their kids.

By Sarah Jaffe

Spring, No. 68 – 15 MIN READ