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** Economic populism from both parties fails working Americans
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By Will Marshall
President and Founder of the Progressive Policy Institute (PPI)
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President Trump’s ([link removed]) startling win in 2016 ushered in a new era of economic populism. Ever since, both parties have been vying to offer a new economic deal to blue-collar Americans, whose earning power had been declining for decades.
They could use a new deal. According to the Federal Reserve ([link removed]) , real median earnings for non-college workers fell 14 percent over the past 40 years, while those for workers with a bachelor’s degree or higher have grown by 14 percent.
Opportunity in America looks very different to people on opposite sides of the diploma divide. Whereas non-college workers contend with downward mobility, the highly educated rise into tonier precincts of upper-middle-class affluence.
This disparity disfigures our society, and populists across the political spectrum are right to want to redress it. Unfortunately, they have proved better at posturing as working-class tribunes than at tangibly improving their lives.
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The rise of e-commerce in the 1990s signaled a shift in how consumers buy consumables and even some durable products. Today, the online shopping channel parallels “brick and mortar” retailing and is expected to make further incursions into total retail sales as shopping platforms such as Amazon, eBay, Walmart, and Target drive expansion. Without the shipping logistics networks to deliver smaller parcels to the doorsteps of businesses and consumers, however, innovation and growth in e-commerce would not be possible.
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Tim Ryan, Senior Advisor to Campaign for Working America: Trump Policies Hurt Workers in America's Heartland. Democrats Have To Say So
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Bruno Manno, Senior Advisor: Microschools Go Macro And Provide More Learning Choices For Families
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Tamar Jacoby, Director of the New Ukraine Project: Europe Looks For Alternatives To A Changing NATO
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Diana Moss, Vice President and Director of Competition Policy: PPI Urges NY Lawmakers to Reject Resale Ticket Price Caps That Would Stifle Competition and Entrench Live Nation-Ticketmaster’s Monopoly Power
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Richard D. Kahlenberg, Director of Housing Policy and the American Identity Project: Counterpoint: Young Americans Would Not Rally Around Our Nation, But Don’t Blame Them
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** Three Essential Next Steps on Ukraine
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By Tamar Jacoby
Director of the New Ukraine Project
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Is Donald Trump going to walk away from Ukraine? Who knows—only a fool would try to predict . . . .
But there are still three ways the U.S. can help: weapons sales to Ukraine, stepped-up sanctions against Russia, and maintaining the flow of critical U.S. intelligence to Kyiv.
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Ben Ritz & Alex Kilander: House Republicans Rub SALT into Deficit Wounds
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Staff Spotlight: Deanna Ross
Director of Workforce Development Policyhttps://www.progressivepolicy.org/people/deanna-ross/
Deanna Ross is the Director of Workforce Development Policy at the Progressive Policy Institute. In this role, Deanna focuses primarily on analyzing and developing policy solutions that address issues pertaining to the workforce development pipeline and how the Democratic party can best win back the working class.
Prior to joining PPI, Deanna served as the Legislative Director of Labor and Economic Development in the State-Federals Relations Program at the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL). In this role, she engaged the federal government on numerous workforce, housing, trade, and economic development issues, on the behalf of all state legislatures across the United States. Her role there centered on building relationships with Members of Congress, the Biden-Harris administration, state-level policymakers, and other workforce and economic development stakeholder groups. She also focused on legislative research, writing, and analysis.
Prior to joining NCSL, she served as an Associate at Venn Strategies, where she conducted legislative research, organized Congressional fly-ins and events, and provided logistical support for the firm. Deanna also previously worked for former Representative Tom O’Halleran (D-AZ-01).
Deanna holds a Bachelor of Science in political science and international affairs from Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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