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Matt Bruenig

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Hyman Minsky’s Views on the “Welfare Mess”

The intellectual father of the job guarantee movement saw it as a replacement for the social safety net.

by Matt Bruenig via People's Policy Project on May 13, 2018
How Obama Destroyed Black Wealth

The nation's first African-American president was a disaster for black wealth.

by Matt Bruenig, Ryan Cooper via Jacobin on December 7, 2017
Massive Rise Of Top Incomes Is Mostly Driven By Capital

All top 1 percent income growth after 2000 came from ownership of capital.

by Matt Bruenig via People's Policy Project on August 9, 2017

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Illustration of Robert Greenstein holding his glasses

How One Man Quietly Stitched the American Safety Net Over Four Decades

Robert Greenstein isn’t a household name. But his career lobbying for the poor has changed the lives of millions of Americans.

by Dylan Matthews via Vox on November 14, 2022

Men wearing tuxedos carry a coffin and a "Here Lies Jim Crow" sign down a street as a demonstration against "Jim Crow" segregation laws in 1944.

No Quick Fixes: Working Class Politics From Jim Crow to the Present

Political scientist Adolph Reed Jr. discusses his new memoir.

by Adolph Reed Jr., Jon Queally via Common Dreams on February 1, 2022

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