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Andrew Elrod recently completed a dissertation on the history of wage and price controls in the United States between 1945 and 1980. His writing has also appeared in Phenomenal World, Jacobin, Dissent, and New Labor Forum.
Democrats don’t lose elections because of rising prices. They lose when they cut spending and raise interest rates, sacrificing other goals at the altar of price stability.
Tax policies like New Jersey’s new Millionaires Tax are essential—not only for an equitable recovery, but also for reining in pre-pandemic inequality.
The public has paid for Musk’s vision. So why is the green economy still not here?
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