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** Democrats: Don't just declare a climate emergency — make clean energy a winning campaign issue
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By Paul Bledsoe, PPI's Strategic Advisor
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The decision by Sen. Joe Manchin ([link removed]) (D-W.Va.) to walk away from more than a year of negotiations ([link removed]) over a landmark clean energy legislation is a bitter pill for President Biden ([link removed]) and other Democrats who made passing effective climate change legislation a leading promise to voters. But they shouldn’t give up. After decades of pushing politically problematic policies like energy taxes that lost them elections and couldn’t get enacted, Democrats have actually finally produced the right climate policy approach: large, direct clean energy tax breaks for consumers and businesses that are hugely popular ([link removed]) with voters.

But with Americans preoccupied over record inflation, COVID-19, and an uncertain economy, climate change itself is the top concern of only 1 percent of voters ([link removed]) . This means that, if they can’t pass the bill before November, Democrats must make the anti-inflationary, job creation and other economic benefits of clean energy legislation a major campaign issue in the upcoming midterm election to increase their majorities in Congress — and pass a major clean energy and climate bill in January.

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Here's what could happen if Biden declares a climate emergency Ft. Paul Bledsoe, PPI's Strategic Advisor
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BBC Newsday Podcast Ft. Paul Bledsoe, PPI's Strategic Advisor
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Ending tariffs would curb inflation — but why ignore the main benefits? Ft. Ed Gresser, PPI's Vice President and Director for Trade and Global Markets
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Arielle Kane, PPI's Director of Health Care: Monkeypox Outbreak Demonstrates Few Lessons Learned from COVID-19
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Conversation with Al McFarlane: Building Wealth and Community Ft. Michael Mandel, PPI's Vice President and Chief Economist
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Michael Mandel, PPI's Vice President and Chief Economist & Jordan Shapiro, PPI's Economic and Data Policy Analyst: Investment Heroes 2022: Fighting Inflation with Capital Investment
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PPI Statement on Bipartisan Bill to Protect Student Borrowers in Income-Share Agreements
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Jordan Shapiro, PPI's Economic and Data Policy Analyst: Digital Privacy in America: How does the ADPPA fit into global privacy legislation?
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Mary Grace Boyce, PPI's CFAF Intern: 'Building a Better America' Requires Stronger Tools for Implementation and Accountability
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ICYMI: PPI Sends Memo to Congressional Democrats on Must-Pass Legislative Priorities Before the August Recess
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** Making Sense of America's Chronic Disease Epidemic
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By Michael Mandel, PPI's Vice President and Chief Economist
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President Biden and lawmakers in both parties recently laid out proposals to slash Americans' out-of-pocket spending on insulin, which millions of patients -- especially seniors -- rely on to manage their diabetes. Diabetes affects about one in four U.S. adults over 65, and access to insulin is a matter of life and death for many of those patients. So, these proposals could offer literally lifesaving relief to many Americans.

These cost-reduction measures for insulin are immensely promising. But they raise a key question: Why limit the co-pay price caps to just insulin? Six in 10 U.S. adults live with at least one chronic condition and four in 10 are living with two or more. For seniors on Medicare, chronic disease prevalence is even higher and, for millions with fixed incomes, out-of-pocket costs are increasingly problematic.

If the proposed $35-a-month co-pay cap makes sense for insulin — and it does — why not implement the same policies for medicines that treat asthma, hypertension, and other common chronic conditions and focus on Medicare where chronic diseases are so prevalent?
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RADICALLY PRAGMATIC:

Forging A Transatlantic Dialogue

Does Germany struggle with homelessness the same way cities like Denver do? What can the U.S. learn from Germany in regard to improvements to public transportation infrastructure? In the Fall of 2019, the Progressive Policy Institute (PPI) partnered with Das Progressive Zentrum (DPZ) and Alfred Herrhausen Gesellschaft (AHG) for a new project titled "New Urban Progress: Transatlantic Dialogue on the Future of Work, Democracy, and Well-Being."


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The Neoliberal Podcast's Best Books of 2022 (Part One)

Jeremiah recaps the best books from 2022. From those books covered on the podcast to the more obscure finds, from fiction to non-fiction, including biographies, academic works, humor, classic literature, science fiction and more, it's all here.


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