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Capitalism

Labor and Capital in the Global Economy

How three decades of technological change, globalization, and government policy made workers more at the mercy of concentrated capital.

By Kimberly Clausing

Winter 2017, No. 43 – 17 MIN READ

Capitalism Redefined

What prosperity is, where growth comes from, why markets work, and how we resolve the tension between a prosperous world and a moral one.

By Nick Hanauer Eric Beinhocker

Winter 2014, No. 31 – 32 MIN READ

The Root of All...

Michael Sandel’s salvos against the conventional wisdom of what markets should—and should not—do.

By David M. Kennedy

Fall 2012, No. 26 – 13 MIN READ

Big Isn't Beautiful

There's a reason why the last people who advocated large cartels haven't gotten a good shake from history: They were wrong. A response to Michael Lind.

By Robert Shapiro

Fall 2009, No. 14 – 11 MIN READ

The Case for Goliath

FDR understood that when it comes to business, big is beautiful for workers, consumers, and the economy.

By Michael Lind

Summer 2009, No. 13 – 21 MIN READ

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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.

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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.

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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
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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.

By Heather Boushey
Fall, No. 46 – 11 MIN READ