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Unemployment

You're Hired!

The Democrats are looking for a big idea? Here's one: a guaranteed job for anyone who wants one. It's not as crazy as it sounds.

Spring, No. 44 – 25 MIN READ

Quitters Prosper

One fix we can implement that could help wage growth: allow workers who quit their jobs to collect unemployment insurance.

January 11, 2016, 9:15 pm – 4 MIN READ

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What Compares to Trump

By The Editors
Fall, No. 46 – 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
Fall, No. 46 – 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
Fall, No. 46 – 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
Fall, No. 46 – 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
Fall, No. 46 – 11 MIN READ