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The New Economics Is
Here
This week, the Senate continued
moving forward with negotiations on the $1 trillion bipartisan
infrastructure bill.
But as we wait for the details,
Roosevelt’s Mike Konczal, Steph Sterling, and Felicia Wong remind us
to look beyond the specifics of the bill—whether exciting or
disappointing—at the new approach to economic policy that together
these individual programs and policies represent.
“This is a once-in-a-generation
opportunity,” they write in the New Republic. “Not just for
policy but for politics. If Democrats use this moment the right way,
they could fundamentally restructure both our economy and our
political landscape.”
Several challenges still lie ahead:
The scale of any investments in infrastructure must be big enough to
tackle our nation’s intertwined jobs, care, and climate crises, and
must be structured to deploy public power equitably and with
democratic accountability.
As they tackle these hurdles,
Democrats must also take credit for their successes.
“Politicians must learn to say it
plainly: Government action over the last two years has put more money
in the pockets of nearly every American than they would otherwise have
had,” Konczal, Sterling, and Wong write.
“Now, with a boom on the horizon,
it’s time to keep our foot on the gas . . . We can more than afford to
make these investments now, and doing so will make us a more
innovative, more productive, more cohesive, and more resilient country
in the future.”
Read
“The New Economics is Here.”
July’s Strong Jobs
Number
“Today’s [jobs] report builds off
last month’s great jobs number . . . and shows that the fiscal and
monetary support this year, most notably in the American Rescue Plan
and the Federal Reserve’s commitment to keeping rates low, is working
to speed up the recovery and get us to full employment faster,”
Roosevelt’s Mike Konczal and Aaron Sojourner write in a new blog
post.
Read “July’s
Jobs Report: Strong Numbers Across the Economy, But a Full Recovery
Will Take Continued Support.”
What We’re
Reading
It’s Crunch Time for Joe Biden and the
Democratic Party [feat. Roosevelt’s Felicia
Wong] -
The New
Yorker
The Infrastructure Deal Is Not
Not a Climate Bill - The Atlantic
Biden’s Child Care Plan Faces a Critical
Test -
Politico
Why Black Women’s Wage Gap Is a Problem for
Everyone -
Fortune
America Isn’t Panicking About
Inflation -
Vox
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