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Tag: Democracy’s Promise

Emmanuel Saez, Gabriel Zucman

For the sake of justice and democracy, we need a progressive wealth tax.

Emmanuel Saez, Gabriel Zucman

For the sake of justice and democracy, we need a progressive wealth tax.

Robert Manduca
In the 1940s and ’50s, the general public understood and agreed upon Keynesian economic principles. Today, we can learn a lot from the popularizing efforts that led to that consensus and long-lasting economic success.
Amy Kapczynski

A new, neoliberal interpretation of the First Amendment is undermining the regulatory state—and every labeling and advertising law is now in the crosshairs.

Lenore Palladino

For decades, shareholder primacy has obscured the fact that employees should do well when businesses do well.

Adom Getachew

The UN's "responsibility to protect" framework has failed to achieve a just international order. The Caribbean movement for reparations points the way forward.

Joshua Cohen, Samuel Bowles
The postwar generation understood why a prosperous working class is crucial to the economy. Can economics be accessible again to ordinary Americans?
Stephanie DeGooyer
Amidst chants of “send her back,” it’s clear that we need a more just conception of citizenship—one that abolishes the distinction between “natural” and naturalized citizens.
Quinn Slobodian

Three new books paint a chilling portrait of darkness in Wall Street, the law, and technology. But the apocalyptic metaphors obscure the real problem, hindering how we fight back.

Joseph A. McCartin, Stephen Lerner, Sarita Gupta

How new approaches to worker organizing are finding success.

Henry Farrell, Bruce Schneier
How can democratic societies protect—and protect themselves from—the free flow of digital information?
Brishen Rogers
Tech companies have seen waves of worker protest, but they are still far from democratic. The remedy is to build and exert real forms of worker power inside the workplace.
Boston Review
With democracy now subject to sharp challenges, we are rededicating ourselves to it with a project that aims to pave the way for policymakers and citizens to rethink conventional options.
Bruce Schneier, Henry Farrell
Democracies rely on the free exchange of ideas and information, but that freedom can also be weaponized to erode democratic debate. How can democratic societies protect—and protect themselves from—the free flow of digital information?
Joseph A. McCartin, Stephen Lerner, Sarita Gupta

Traditional worker organizing has failed on every level. But new approaches are finding success, pointing the way to a more just future.

Dani Rodrik, Gabriel Zucman, Suresh Naidu
Contemporary economics is finally breaking free from its market fetishism, offering plenty of tools we can use to make society more inclusive.

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