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Trump’s State of the Union Ignored the Root Cause of Affordability Problems
Rising inequality hurts families, but taxing the ultra-rich can help. On Tuesday night, Trump steered clear of advocating this effective solution to our economic emergency.
Josh Bivens
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Biden, Don't Worry About "Overheating" the Economy
Common metrics that deficit hawks often point to as evidence of economic overheating are not convincing.
Josh Bivens
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Don’t Believe the Debt Hawks—More Stimulus Is the Only Path to Recovery
Fear-mongering over the deficit is the absolute wrong approach to the Covid-19 crisis.
Josh Bivens
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We Need a Coronavirus Fiscal Stimulus That’s Bigger Than $2 Trillion. And We Need it Now.
The risk of going too small on stimulus is large, while the risk of going too big is almost nonexistent.
Josh Bivens