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How Inequality Hurts the Economy and Complicates Policy Responses to the Pandemic

Atif Mian
In the years leading up to the pandemic, rising inequality created a saving glut of the rich which pushed down interest rates and fueled...
Money in Politics

How Barack Obama Spurred the End of America’s Public Presidential Election Funding System

Julia Cagé
Through 2004, all candidates in the general presidential election opted for public funding and reimbursement of their campaign expenses. Then, in 2008, Barack Obama...
Commentary

Congress Can Move Now to Stop Amazon’s Cloning Factory. Here’s How

Hal Singer
If there was any doubt that online marketplaces should be considered a separate market before the coronavirus wiped out brick-and-mortar retail, there should...
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Publicly Traded Companies Got $300 Million In Small Business Loans: AP Investigation

ProMarket writers
Neither the Trump administration nor the lending industry has disclosed a list of Paycheck Protection Program beneficiaries.
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Top Economist: US Coronavirus Response Is Like Third World Country

ProMarket writers
Joseph Stiglitz attacks Donald Trump, saying US on course for second Great Depression.
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Unsanitized: The Mystery of Donna Shalala’s Unreported Stock Sales

ProMarket writers
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US Congressional Leaders Near Deal on Extra Small Business Funds

ProMarket writers
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Spectrum Employees Are Getting Sick Amid Debate Over Working From Home

ProMarket writers
More than 230 workers at Charter Communications, the cable and internet giant known as Spectrum, have tested positive for Covid-19.
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A Wealth Tax Is the Logical Way to Support Coronavirus Relief

ProMarket writers
A onetime assessment of the 5 percent at the top would do wonders — and help prove that we are all in this together.
Covid-19

Financial Trust Index, Covid-Edition: The CDC Is the Most Trusted Institution in America

Fabio da Silva Soares
A special wave of the Booth/Kellogg Financial Trust Index shows a high level of compliance with social distancing guidelines and stay-at-home orders. Approximately 45...
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