A Journal of Ideas

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Child Poverty and COVID

The tragic cost borne by these invisible Americans.

By Jeff Madrick

A Plan That Can Help Millions

Hillary Clinton’s new plan for poor people isn’t huge, but it’s reasonable and practicable and would improve millions of lives.

By Peter Edelman

What Progressive Tax Reform Should Look Like

Tax reform should focus on our real goals—raising incomes and helping people—not on the aesthetic purity of the tax code.

By Jason Furman