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Joe Manchin would like his colleagues to end the nearly universal child tax credit and replace it with a pared-down alternative, according to a report in Axios. In something of a throwback to the days of "welfare reform," Manchin wants Democrats to add work requirements and tight income-based limits on eligibility. None of this would actually improve the program- "...
Mike Konczal is a Fellow at the Roosevelt Institute. He blogs at Rortybomb and New Deal 2.0.
Hinterhaus Productions/ Getty Images Paul Constant is a writer at Civic Ventures and cohost of the "Pitchfork Economics" podcast with Nick Hanauer and David Goldstein. In the latest episode, they interviewed Mike Konczal, director of progressive thought at the Roosevelt Institute. Konczal says allowing employers freedom to infringe on workers' rights creates a dangerous economic imbalance. The best brief definition of the limits of American freedom is a very old line that's often misattributed to Abraham Lincoln: "My freedom to swing my fists ends where your no...
Did We Just Experience a Break in the Neoliberal Consensus? Bloomberg 3/15/2021 Tracy Alloway and Joe Weisenthal © Bloomberg A worker wheels the Speaker's Lectern through Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, March 10, 2021. The House is poised to send the $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief plan to President Biden for his signature, providing an economic boost that will last long after $1,400 stimulus checks start arriving in Americans' accounts this month. (Bloomberg) -- Hosts Joe Weisenthal and Tracy Alloway take you on a not-so-ran...