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ICYMI:
Putin calls up ‘General Winter’
By Will Marshall
PPI's President
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As frigid Arctic winds sweep across Europe, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s ([link removed]) attempt to weaponize winter is being put to the test. He’d like to see Europeans shivering in the dark, calculating that a long, cold winter will crack their resolve to stand with Ukraine.
Before invading Ukraine last February, Russia was Europe’s chief supplier of natural gas. Now it’s shut down most of its pipelines ([link removed]) , making good on Putin’s threat last fall to “freeze” Europe unless its leaders lift stringent economic sanctions on Moscow.
Spiking energy costs have already sparked street protests ([link removed]) in several European capitals. It’s possible, however, that Putin’s call-up of “General Winter” will prove to be yet another in a long chain of miscalculations that have turned his “special military operation” into a strategic horror show for Russia.
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Why Republicans Probably Won’t Tank the Economy to Stick It to Biden, ft. Ben Ritz, Director of PPI's Center for Funding America's Future
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How to Hand Out Billions in Climate Subsidies? Very Carefully., ft. Paul Bledsoe, Strategic Advisor for PPI
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E.U. Seeks to Pressure China on Climate by Taxing Steel and Cement, ft. Paul Bledsoe, Strategic Advisor for PPI
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Trade Fact of the Week: American families have cut their bills for clothes and shoes by nearly two-thirds in 50 years
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ICYMI: PPI Launches the New Skills for a New Economy Project
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IFP Launches Paper, Podcast on New Policies to Support Contracted Workers' Benefits and Career Development
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A new report from the Innovation Frontier Project explores the critical role contract workers play in this post-pandemic workforce, and the policies that will help provide support to this important workforce. The report is titled “Supporting Contractors’ Career Development in the Future of Work,” and is authored by Dr. Liz Wilke, Principal Economist at Gusto and cohort member of PPI’s Mosaic Project.
In addition to releasing the paper, Dr. Wilke and the Director of PPI’s Mosaic Project, Jasmine Stoughton, sat down to examine Dr. Wilke’s findings in a new “Mosaic Moment” podcast ([link removed]) , a series on PPI’s Radically Pragmatic podcast.
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RADICALLY PRAGMATIC:
MOSAIC MOMENT: Contracting and Gig Work in the Modern Economy
On this week’s episode of the Mosaic Moment, Program Director, Jasmine Stoughton, sits down with Mosaic alum, Dr. Liz Wilke, to explore her new report, “Supporting Contractors’ Career Development in the Future of Work.” They discuss holes in the social safety net for both contractors and employees, the complexities of filing taxes as an independent worker, and how upskilling and career training could be the key to navigating our modern economy.
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THE NEOLIBERAL PODCAST:
Why Are We All So Chronically Online, ft. Rebecca Jennings
Everybody loves a good social media trainwreck — posts so bad that you can't look away. But how did we get like this? Have we always been like this, and social media just gave us a new way to express it? Vox's Rebecca Jennings joins the show to talk about 'Chronically Online' discourse. We talk about why people say the insane things they say on Twitter, TikTok, and other platforms, why we can't resist a good dogpile on those people, and what it means for our culture and our politics.
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