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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.

Sarita Gupta, Stephen Lerner, Joseph A. McCartin
Traditional worker organizing has failed on every level. But new approaches are finding success, pointing the way to a more just future.

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