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The deeper argument at the heart of the federal budget debate
The federal budget debate is filtered through claims about spending and revenue levels, but the debate is really about whether the size of the federal budget should be allowed to change with changing circumstances. The real argument is more about a fundamental view of the world.
The Return of the Dixiecrat South
The Return of the Dixiecrat South Published June 5, 2026 It has been just one month since the 6-3 conservative majority on the Supreme Court effectively nullified Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act (VRA), making it lawful for states to draw congressional districts that systematically dilute the votes of Black and Latino Americans. Within hours, Southern states responded. Florida legislators passed a GOP gerrymander the day the decision was announced.
The Return of the Dixiecrat South
The Return of the Dixiecrat South Published June 3, 2026 It has been just one month since the 6-3 conservative majority on the Supreme Court effectively nullified Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act (VRA), making it lawful for states to draw congressional districts that systematically dilute the votes of Black and Latino Americans. Within hours, Southern states responded. Florida legislators passed a GOP gerrymander the day the decision was announced.
The Return of the Dixiecrat South
The Return of the Dixiecrat South by Jacob S. Hacker, Zoltan Hajnal, G. Agustin Markarian and Mackenzie Lockhart It has been just one month since the 6-3 conservative majority on the Supreme Court effectively nullified Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act (VRA), making it lawful for states to draw congressional districts that systematically dilute the votes of Black and Latino Americans. Within hours, Southern states responded.
The Return of the Dixiecrat South
It has been just one month since the 6-3 conservative majority on the Supreme Court effectively nullified Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act (VRA), making it lawful for states to draw congressional districts that systematically dilute the votes of Black and Latino Americans. Within hours, Southern states responded. Florida legislators passed a GOP gerrymander the day the decision was announced.
The Macroeconomic Effects of Tariffs: Evidence From U.S. Historical Data
Download File 030426-WP-The Macroeconomic Effects of Tariffs-Evidence From U.S. Historical Data-den Besten and Känzig Authors: Tamar den Besten, Northwestern University Diego Känzig, Northwestern University Abstract: We study the macroeconomic effects of tariff policy using U.S. historical data from 1840–2024.
Race, Responsiveness, and Representation in U.S. Lawmaking
INTRODUCTION Is national policy more responsive to the preferences of white Americans than to those of people of color? This is a fundamental question—not just for understanding American politics but also for assessing the quality of American democracy. No one can doubt that racial minorities have experienced profound political disadvantages in the past.
What is austerity, and how does it affect the broader U.S. economy?
Federal spending cuts slow U.S. economic growth and raise unemployment. Reductions in federal spending—whether through cuts to direct government consumption, investment, or transfer programs—consistently lower U.S. Gross Domestic Product, reduce employment, and increase the unemployment rate. The negative effects are particularly severe if the Federal Reserve is unable to offset the cuts by lowering interest rates, such as during a recession.
Equitable Growth responds to passage of the federal budget bill
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 7, 2025 CONTACT: Madison Moore, mmoore@equitablegrowth.org WASHINGTON – On Friday, President Donald Trump signed the 2025 federal budget bill, cementing into law the most regressive piece of tax and budget legislation to be passed in the United States in at least 40 years.
Opinion | How Awful Is the Republican Megabill? Here Are Four of the Worst Parts.
Opinion|The Four Ugliest Points About the Big Beautiful Bill https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/opinion/trump-republicans-megabill.html You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. Guest Essay June 25, 2025, 5:01 a.m. ET Listen to this article · 9:16 min Learn more The Trump-era Republican Party, we’re told, is a working-class party standing up for ordinary citizens against powerful elites.
Americans Informed About the Distributional Effects of Republicans’ Budget Bill Overwhelmingly Oppose It
Download File 062525-WP-Americans Informed About the Distributional Effects of Republicans’ Budget Bill Overwhelmingly Oppose It-Hacker and Sullivan Authors: Jacob S. Hacker, Yale University Patrick Sullivan, Yale University Abstract: Republicans in the Senate are currently considering the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which, if enacted, would be the most regressive U.S. tax and budget law in at least the past four decades.
Patrick Sullivan
Skip to content Patrick Sullivan is a postdoctoral scholar at APEX and an associated researcher at “The Politics of Inequality” Cluster of Excellence at the University of Konstanz. Sullivan holds a bachelor’s degree in secondary education social studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he also majored in history, political science, and economics. Want to connect with Equitable Growth?
The Big Fix
Published by The Lawfare Institute in Cooperation With Democracy is on the ballot this fall. So, too, argues Martin Wolf in his sweeping new book, is democratic capitalism—the interlocking framework of market dynamism and government responsiveness that has made the most affluent nations of the world richer and freer than any before.
A Galaxy Of Opportunities
The commercial space revolution is already well underway. Published company proposals suggest there will be well over 100,000 in orbit by the end of the decade, up from around 2000 in late 2018, as private companies seek to exploit the wealth of commercial opportunities in the new space economy.
Kamala Harris Had a Great Health Care Idea in 2019. She Should Embrace It. Original
From the moment Kamala Harris became the presumptive Democratic nominee, Republicans have sought to paint her as a far-left California liberal. After all, they argue, she supported getting rid of private health insurance in her 2019 presidential campaign. But Ms. Harris didn't seek to eliminate private insurance in 2019.
OPINION EXCHANGE | This policy issue is critical above all others — taxes
Opinion editor's note: Star Tribune Opinion publishes a mix of national and local commentaries online and in print each day. To contribute, click here. ••• To many Americans, the 2024 election is an unwelcome contest between the felonious and the frail. Voters hear democracy is at risk, which is true but is also another potential reason for disillusionment. Yet the stakes of their choice for the basic public policies that shape their lives are huge, if less discussed.
The Fight Over Taxes Shows the Enormous Policy Stakes of the Trump-Biden Election Original
To many Americans, the 2024 election is an unwelcome contest between the felonious and the frail. Voters hear democracy is at risk, which is true but is also another potential reason for disillusionment. Yet the stakes of their choice for the basic public policies that shape their lives are huge, if less discussed. Nowhere is this truer than when it comes to taxes.
¿Reflejan el PIB y la bolsa el bienestar estadounidense?
30 de abr. (Dow Jones) -- ¿Cómo funciona la economía? Esta pregunta aparentemente simple está provocando respuestas no tan simples. Durante décadas, la opinión pública sobre la economía era que ésta seguía el rendimiento económico. Cuando las cosas iban bien, la gente decía que la economía iba bien. Cuando las cosas iban mal, la gente decía que la economía iba mal. Últimamente, esta ecuación se desmoronó.
Do the GDP and Dow Reflect American Well-Being?
By Jacob S. Hacker and Jonathan D. Cohen April 26, 2024 How is the economy doing? This seemingly simple question is prompting not-so-simple answers. For decades, public opinion about the economy tracked economic performance. When times were good, people said the economy was good. When times were bad, people said the economy was bad. Lately, this equation has broken down.
Essay | Do the GDP and Dow Reflect American Well-Being?
How is the economy doing? This seemingly simple question is prompting not-so-simple answers. For decades, public opinion about the economy tracked economic performance. When times were good, people said the economy was good. When times were bad, people said the economy was bad. Lately, this equation has broken down.
The New Blue Divide
This forum appears in print in Can the Democrats Win?. A dramatic transformation has taken place in the U.S. Democratic Party. For several decades it was moving rightward on economic issues, following the same trend as many center-left parties in wealthy democracies. But over the past few years it has made a sharp U-turn, boldly embracing broad and costly economic programs, industrial policy, and active regulation.
KPMG at the Space Symposium
1000 Home › Insights › KPMG at the Space Symposium Join KPMG at the 39th Space Symposium at the Broadmoor in Colorado Springs, CO, USA The Space Symposium is a unique opportunity for all members of the space community to come together and collaborate on emerging issues. KPMG professionals from around the world will be converging at the Symposium to connect with industry, military, government and more.
Bridging the Blue Divide: The Democrats’ New Metro Coalition and the Unexpected Prominence of Redistribution
Type Article Information Perspectives on Politics , First View , pp. 1 - 21 Creative Commons This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution and reproduction, provided the original article is properly cited. Copyright © The Author(s), 2023.
California Literary Review
Business After winning reelection in 2004, President George W. Bush made restructuring Social Security his top domestic priority. The Great Risk Shift: The Assault on American Jobs, Families, Health Care, and Retirement–And How You Can Fight Back Oxford University Press, 240 pp. CLR [rating:4] The Disquieting Effects of the New Economy After winning reelection in 2004, President George W. Bush made restructuring Social Security his top domestic priority.
The Republican Devolution
Sign in and save to read later Print this article Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Get a link Page url Request Reprint Permissions It is a measure of the chaos of Donald Trump’s presidency that just months after the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, nobody in Washington seems to remember it.
Why Good Governance Means Big Government
Sign in and save to read later Print this article Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Get a link Page url Request Reprint Permissions At a debate among the Republican presidential candidates in March, U.S. Senator Ted Cruz of Texas boiled down his campaign message to its essentials: “Here’s my philosophy. The less government, the more freedom. The fewer bureaucrats, the more prosperity.
Book World: A Trump portrait that raises questions about the media's role in his rise
Jacob S. Hacker, The Washington Post Sep. 14, 2022 The Divider: Trump in the White House, 2017-2021 By Peter Baker and Susan Glasser Doubleday. 725 pp. $32 --- No president has ever been as obsessed with the media as Donald Trump.
The Republican Devolution
Sign in and save to read later Print this article Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Get a link Page url Request Reprint Permissions It is a measure of the chaos of Donald Trump’s presidency that just months after the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, nobody in Washington seems to remember it.
The Great Disconnect
That may seem like a trick question, given the recent surge in inflation and continuing dislocations caused by the pandemic, not to mention the decades-long stagnation of earnings for middle- and lower-income families. But it’s not a trick question. It’s a real puzzle.
What does Jan. 6 say about American democracy - and the prospects for war?
Trump supporters held a peaceful rally outside the Allegheny County Elections Warehouse in Pittsburgh on Nov. 6, 2020, as ballot checking proceeded inside. Two months later, a mob of Trump supporters attacked the Capitol as Congress met to confirm President Biden's electoral college victory. (Photo by Michael S. Williamson/The Washington Post) How you label the events of Jan. 6, 2021 - an "insurrection," a "riot," an "assault," an "attempted coup" - says a lot about how you view American politics.
Reducing Risk as well as Inequality: Assessing the Welfare State's Insurance Effects
Leading accounts of the politics of the welfare state focus on societal demands for risk-spreading policies. Yet current measures of the welfare state focus not on risk, but on inequality. To address this gap, this letter describes the development of two new measures, risk incidence and risk reduction, which correspond to the prevalence of large income losses and the degree to which welfare states reduce that prevalence, respectively.
The American Political Economy
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Medicare for More — Why We Still Need a Public Option and How to Get There | NEJM
Public Option 2.0 may be the most realistic way to guarantee universal coverage with a broad choice of providers and with medical prices held down by the government. If the United States is to achieve this elusive goal, however, advocates need to lay the groundwork now.
Friends With Money #10: How ETFs have revolutionised the way young Aussies invest
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the exchange traded fund (ETF) market in Australia and coincides with a period of incredible growth for these investments over recent years. Going back two decades, who would have thought that a tradable basket of securities would become one of the most innovative and sought-after products for Australian investors?
Why millennials are the lucky ones when it comes to investing in shares
The combination of a sharemarket boom, ultra-low interest rates and COVID-19 has created periods of working and staying at home, combined with that I have not witnessed for decades. Take it from a late-stage boomer - millennials are the lucky ones when it comes to investing in shares. You will benefit from digital and technological innovation that makes share investing more accessible, and the advent of multiple online platforms allows for easy and affordable investing, regardless of budget.
Friends With Money #9: How this business pivoted to keep its doors open during COVID-19
How do you pivot from building sets for Ninja Warrior to producing desks for a nation stuck working from home? More than a third of Aussie businesses have struggled financially since COVID-19 restrictions began last year, with small businesses in particular under pressure just to stay afloat. As our lifestyles and shopping habits have changed, many of these businesses have also found themselves branching into new projects.
Why we're excited about XRF Scientific this reporting season
XRF Scientific is involved in the manufacture of equipment and chemicals used for preparation of samples for analysis by mining companies, commercial analytical laboratories and suppliers of construction materials globally. The technology enables clients to measure the composition and purity of materials, improving product quality and ideally leading to increased productivity and yield for those businesses.
Friends With Money #8: Understanding who can inherit your super
Super. We all have it and should all be doing our best to look after it. For the most part, our thoughts revolve around how much we actually have in our superannuation accounts, how much it has grown over time, or where it is invested. Then there are the benefits of organising insurance through your super, the life insurance component of which can represent a large sum of money intended to look after those left behind. But who can you nominate as a super beneficiary?
Beauty and the Geek winner Lachlan tells how he will spend $50k prize
Lachlan Mansell, Beauty and the Geek winner 2021, captured viewers' hearts with his honesty and personality and he made a "friend for life" with his 'Beauty' Keira. Aside from winning $50,000, Mansell says it's one of the best things he's done: his mental health improved, and he also feels his social life has been reactivated. Mansell runs his own media and PR agency, Chequered Flag Media, specialising in motorsport, which is his passion. He is also a motorsport commentator.
The American Political Economy
Get access Edited by Jacob S. Hacker, Yale University, Connecticut, Alexander Hertel-Fernandez, Columbia University, New York, Paul Pierson, University of California, Berkeley, Kathleen Thelen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Export citation Recommend to librarian Buy the print book This volume brings together leading political scientists to explore the distinctive features of the American political economy.
What $39 billion Afterpay takeover means for shareholders
Market darling Afterpay will be acquired by American payments giant Square for $39 billion, in what represents the largest takeover in Australia's history. So what does this mean for Afterpay shareholders? Afterpay's journey has been meteoric, to say the least. Listed in June 2017 for $1, its share price now stands at $127. "Square and Afterpay have a shared purpose," says Square CEO and co-founder Jack Dorsey.
Immigration and Public Benefits
EF Explains EF Explains Share By Emma Neely·May 5, 2021 EconoFact An important issue in immigration policy debates is whether immigration places a burden on native-born taxpayers. Those in favor of less immigration argue that immigrants cost more in government-provided benefits than they pay in taxes, in effect raising taxes for native-born taxpayers. But estimates of the fiscal impacts of immigrants are complex, and depend on the time horizon chosen for the analysis.
Opinion: If Biden wants his progressive policies to be popular and long-lasting, he should heed these lessons from FDR, Obama and the conservative countermovement
Making good public policy isn’t just a matter of getting effective programs passed. It is also a matter of passing policies that create supportive political dynamics: policies that cannot only be enacted, but also entrenched and perhaps even expanded over time. If policy makers want to tackle complex, deep-seated problems that require long-term solutions, they also have to achieve the instrumental goal of building politically robust policies.
How the Filibuster Killed Accountability in Congress
David Litt: We already got rid of the filibuster once before The upshot is that party accountability in the American system mostly centers on the president. Even in midterm elections, when the president isn’t on the ballot, dissatisfied voters tend to punish the president’s party at the polls. This has a certain logic: Figuring out who is president is easy. So is deciding whether you like what you think the president is doing.
The Politics of Economic Policies| EconoFact Chats
Episode Details Economists tend to consider public policies from the perspective of efficiency or equity, but do not always consider their political feasibility. However, legislation cannot take effect without the political support required to pass it, no matter how efficient or equitable it may be.
Policy Feedback in an Age of Polarization
Abstract A large body of research has explored how policies, once enacted, reshape public opinion, governing institutions, and political organizations—a process known as “policy feedback.” Yet this productive research agenda has yet to be translated into practical recommendations of the sort regularly provided by other social science research. This volume of The ANNALS presents the findings of a major collective effort to do just this.
Solutions to Political Polarization in America
Cited by 12 Crossref Citations This chapter has been cited by the following publications. This list is generated based on data provided by CrossRef. Bulman-Pozen, Jessica and Metzger, Gillian E. 2016. The President and the States: Patterns of Contestation and Collaboration under Obama. Publius: The Journal of Federalism, Vol. 46, Issue. 3, p. 308. CrossRef Google Scholar Broockman, David E. and Skovron, Christopher 2017. Conservative Bias in Perceptions of Public Opinion Among American Political Elites.
Memo: Voters Support a Public Option For Health Insurance
By Ethan Winter and Jacob S. Hacker Introduction As part of a mid-September survey, Data for Progress sought to test attitudes among likely voters nationwide toward a public option for health insurance. The survey portrayed the public option as a system of health insurance administered by the federal government that would be available to all Americans.
How Did We Get Here?
The crisis of the two-party system. fb tw mail Print msg wa sms Bookmark A circus act in Lake George, N.Y., 1972. (Bob Schutz / AP Photo) Here is a version of the old rock-paper-scissors game, on a topic that should be of urgent concern to people on the left: How did Trump’s America happen, and what can we do to dislodge its hold on our politics?
The vanishing American dream: The economic realities facing middle- and lower-income Americans
Twitter Join the conversation on Twitter using #VanishingAmericanDream In 2019, former Comptroller of the Currency Gene Ludwig hosted a bipartisan group of the nation’s foremost economic thinkers — academics and politicians, CEOs and former presidential advisors — to candidly discuss how middle- and lower-income Americans were being left behind despite economic indicators that painted a rosy picture.
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