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A New Economic Paradigm
Emerges
President Biden’s economic agenda
has held some surprises.
Specifically, we’re seeing the
influence of a new economic paradigm—a new approach to governance and
to shaping markets—in Biden’s personnel and policy
choices.
Roosevelt President and CEO Felicia
Wong joined the Ezra
Klein Show to
discuss this paradigm shift—one that is, as she says, “high-care,
low-carbon,” that uses more of the tools at the government’s disposal,
and that embraces high levels of public spending as a way to “push on
the size of the economy and . . . drive healthy growth.”
“It’s a kind of new economics, a
kind of mission economics, or purpose economics that sees that a lot
of spending is what you have to do,” Wong says. “And in fact, in some
cases, you could argue that spending is the feature not the bug
here.”
Listen
to the full podcast or read
the transcript.
Abolish the Filibuster to
Protect American Workers
“The filibuster’s antilabor history
should be understood as part of the story of how this procedural rule
has undermined American democracy and fostered inequality for
decades,” write Roosevelt’s Emily DiVito and Suzanne Kahn
in the Washington
Post.
“Labor Day recognizes the fact that
a robust and equitable economy and democracy requires empowered
workers. But for almost three-quarters of a century, the filibuster
has blocked measures that would help workers organize.”
Read
“The Filibuster Has Long Hurt American Workers
Too.”
A Look
Back
On Labor Day, we celebrate the
contributions and achievements of US workers, and recognize how much
more we still need to do to create an economy that works for
everyone.
As we head into the long weekend,
here’s a look back at some of Roosevelt’s research over the past year
on empowering workers and creating a more equitable
economy.
What We’re
Reading
The Coming Wave of Evictions Is More Than a
Housing Crisis -
The
Atlantic
Asset Income Is a Growing Source of
Wealth—and of Geographic Inequality - Bloomberg CityLab
Corporate America Is Lobbying for Climate
Disaster -
New York
Times
Care Workers Demand Federal Support as First
Responders in Climate Crises [feat. Roosevelt’s Adrien
Salazar] -
Yes!
Magazine
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