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Public Service in the Age of Trump

What centripetal forces might compel today's youth toward public service in the same way 9/11 or the Obama presidency once did?

June 28, 2017, 2:06 pm – 5 MIN READ

A Group to Defend Government

By Michael Tomasky

Summer 2017, No. 45 – 4 MIN READ

Keep It Simple and Take Credit

By Jack Meserve

February 3, 2017, 5:42 pm – 6 MIN READ

They’ll Always Have Welfare

The right’s addiction to blaming benefits shows no signs of abating.

By Elbert Ventura

January 16, 2017, 3:06 pm – 4 MIN READ

More Virtuous Than We Think

Homo Economicus is a fundamentally selfish man. But what if he’s been vastly overhyped?

By Henry J. Aaron

Fall 2016, No. 42 – 12 MIN READ

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What Compares to Trump

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October 12, 2017, 3:42 pm – 1 MIN READ

Features
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 Pollack
August 14, 2017, 2:30 pm – 30 MIN READ

Features
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 Vague
September 18, 2017, 1:36 pm – 28 MIN READ

Features
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
October 12, 2017, 3:21 pm – 26 MIN READ

Book 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.

By Heather Boushey
October 12, 2017, 2:57 pm – 11 MIN READ