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Planning for the Public Good



In addition to approving a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure framework on Tuesday, the Senate passed a $3.5 trillion budget blueprint <[link removed]>, marking the start of a new legislative process in which congressional Democrats will work to draft a package that reflects key aspects of President Biden’s economic agenda.



As we’ve pointed <[link removed]>out <[link removed]> over the past few months, the details of how such public investments get structured are crucial.  



In a new trio of issue briefs, Roosevelt experts describe how a range of public investments can “be structured to promote equity and democracy throughout our economy and political system,” as Suzanne Kahn writes <[link removed]> in an introduction to the briefs. 



They propose a democratic and inclusive approach to industrial policy <[link removed]>, argue the benefits of a public option <[link removed]> for asset management, and explain how to structure childcare investments <[link removed]> to better meet the needs of families and communities. 



Each brief “show[s] how affirmative public policy decisions to cede planning to the market have undermined equity and democracy and made our economy less resilient,” Kahn writes. “Though they examine very different pieces of our economy, each brief arrives at a similar conclusion: To address our nation’s most urgent problems, we must deepen the public’s role in planning and oversight.”



Read an overview of the trio: “Planning for the Public Good: How to Structure More Equitable and Sustainable Investments.” <[link removed]>



And read on in each individual issue brief:



- “Industrial Policy and Planning: A New (Old) Approach to Policymaking for a New Era,” <[link removed]> by Todd N. Tucker and Steph Sterling;

- “The Potential Benefits of a Public Asset Manager,” <[link removed]> by Lenore Palladino and Chirag Lala; and

- “Supply-Side Childcare Investments: Policies to Develop an Equitable and Stable Childcare Industry,” <[link removed]>by Suzanne Kahn and Steph Sterling.



What the Media Gets Wrong About Inflation



“This pandemic experience has . . . proven that actually, government can do a lot more than we thought. And actually, it can do it pretty well. We don’t actually have to have mass impoverishment, eviction, and hunger every time the economy enters recession. We can actually maintain people’s access to the necessities of life,” Roosevelt’s J.W. Mason says in an interview with New York Magazine in which he discusses what the media gets wrong about inflation, how to measure true full employment <[link removed]>, and more. 



Read more in“America’s Inflation Debate Is Fundamentally Confused.” <[link removed]>





What We’re Reading



Playing Nice With the Fossil Fuel Industry Is Climate Denial <[link removed]> - The New Republic



The Infrastructure Bill Is a Trillion-Dollar Test for Environmental Justice <[link removed]> - Bloomberg CityLab



College Was Supposed to Close the Wealth Gap for Black Americans. The Opposite Happened. <[link removed]> - Wall Street Journal



The Big Drop in American Poverty During the Pandemic, Explained [feat. Roosevelt’s Naomi Zewde] <[link removed]> - Vox







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