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April 16, 2021 at 8:53 PM

Roosevelt Rundown: The Hidden Rules of Gender

Roosevelt Institute There’s no economy without care. View this in your browser and share with your friends. We at Roosevelt mourn the continued loss of Black and brown lives to police brutality. For the justice and accountability our communities deserve, we all must work to disma…

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April 9, 2021 at 6:55 PM

Roosevelt Rundown: The Inflation Illusion

Roosevelt Institute Why Tuesday’s numbers will look artificially high. View this in your browser and share with your friends. How to Interpret Next Week’s Inflation Numbers When the latest inflation numbers come out on April 13, they’ll look a bit higher than usual, and opponent…

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April 2, 2021 at 7:40 PM

Roosevelt Rundown: The American Jobs Plan, Analyzed

Roosevelt Institute A powerful vision and the fight for more. View this in your browser and share with your friends. The Scale and Structure of the American Jobs Plan The American Jobs Plan—the $2.3 trillion infrastructure proposal unveiled by the Biden administration this week…

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March 25, 2021 at 8:39 PM

Roosevelt Rundown: What $3 Trillion Can Do

Roosevelt Institute Public investment at the scale of today’s crises. View this in your browser and share with your friends. The Era of Large Numbers With the American Rescue Plan now law, the Biden administration is preparing a major, more permanent follow-up: $3 trillion in i…

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March 19, 2021 at 6:30 PM

Roosevelt Rundown: Stop AAPI Hate

Roosevelt Institute Dismantle anti-Asian values and systems. View this in your browser and share with your friends. Defend AAPI Life The murder of eight people, including six Asian women, in Atlanta this week is a profound tragedy—for the families and loved ones of those lost, …

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March 12, 2021 at 8:15 PM

Roosevelt Rundown: An FDR-Size Achievement

Roosevelt Institute The American Rescue Plan, and what’s next. View this in your browser and share with your friends. A Paradigm Shift Yesterday was historic. One year into a pandemic that has taken over 530,000 US lives and left millions without jobs or economic security, the…

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February 26, 2021 at 11:01 AM

Roosevelt Rundown: Powell, Stiglitz, and the Case for Stimulus

Roosevelt Institute The recovery is far from complete. View this in your browser and share with your friends. How to Rescue the US Economy This week, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell declined to say whether he was “cool or uncool” with passing the American Rescue Plan. But …

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February 19, 2021 at 7:23 PM

Roosevelt Rundown: The Anti-Racism of Baby Bonds

Roosevelt Institute Honor Black History Month by closing the racial wealth gap. View this in your browser and share with your friends. Baby Bonds, Reparations, and the Racial Wealth Gap $163,660. That’s the racial wealth gap between the median white household and median Black h…

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February 12, 2021 at 8:07 PM

Roosevelt Rundown: Why a Wealth Tax Is Constitutional

Roosevelt Institute It’s legal, and it’s just. View this in your browser and share with your friends. The Legal and Economic Justifications for a Wealth Tax Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) has an early priority as she begins her new role on the Senate Finance Committee.  “My firs…

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February 5, 2021 at 8:03 PM

Roosevelt Rundown: Go Big, Go Bold

Roosevelt Institute Significant stimulus is necessary now. View this in your browser and share with your friends. We Still Need Stimulus President Biden’s stimulus and economic relief plan may be nearing a reconciliation vote in the coming weeks—not a moment too soon, and not …

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January 29, 2021 at 8:37 PM

Roosevelt Rundown: Building Wealth for Gen Z

Roosevelt Institute How policy can help new labor market entrants. View this in your browser and share with your friends. A Gen Z Policy Agenda “We're a long way from a full recovery," Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said this week. That checks out. One year into the pande…

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January 22, 2021 at 7:58 PM

Roosevelt Rundown: Democracy’s Day

Roosevelt Institute We can meet the moment by leading with inclusion. View this in your browser and share with your friends. There Is Always Light “Somehow we've weathered and witnesseda nation that isn't brokenbut simply unfinished.” - Amanda Gorman The traumas of the last mo…

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January 15, 2021 at 8:55 PM

Roosevelt Rundown: It’s Time to Transform

Roosevelt Institute In 2021, we can’t afford to limit our ambitions. View this in your browser and share with your friends. The Case for a True New Deal President-elect Joe Biden’s newly unveiled $1.9 trillion stimulus plan would be a major leap forward, and an immediate salve…

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January 8, 2021 at 7:37 PM

Roosevelt Rundown: How Democracy Will Win

Roosevelt Institute Dismantle white supremacy in our institutions. View this in your browser and share with your friends. The Power of Multiracial Democracy We witnessed an act of terror on Wednesday: insurrectionists, bearing symbols of historical racist violence, attempting …

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December 18, 2020 at 9:07 PM

Roosevelt Rundown: The Next Stimulus

Roosevelt Institute Today is only a start. View this in your browser and share with your friends. Note: The Roosevelt Rundown will be on hiatus until January 8. Have a safe and happy holiday season, and see you back here in 2021! The Case for Progressive Stimulus Today’s possi…

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December 11, 2020 at 6:58 PM

Roosevelt Rundown: How Much Stimulus We Need

Roosevelt Institute Current congressional proposals won’t do enough. View this in your browser and share with your friends. The Right Number When—even whether—Congress will reach a deal on stimulus remains an open question. In the framework’s current $908 billion iteration, ho…

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December 4, 2020 at 8:13 PM

Roosevelt Rundown: The Greatest Risk

Roosevelt Institute We can’t afford to do too little. View this in your browser and share with your friends. People Need Stimulus COVID-19 cases are rising. Job growth is slowing. As CDC Director Robert Redfield describes it, this winter could be “the most difficult time in th…

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November 13, 2020 at 9:06 PM

Roosevelt Rundown: What Day One Looks Like

Roosevelt Institute A progressive to-do list for the transition and beyond. View this in your browser and share with your friends. Note: The Roosevelt Rundown will be on hiatus until December 4. Personnel Is Policy When President-elect Joe Biden takes office on January 20, he’ll…

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October 30, 2020 at 5:20 PM

Roosevelt Rundown: It’s Not Too Late

Roosevelt Institute We can save our economy and planet by acting now. View this in your browser and share with your friends. The Economy of Tomorrow This week’s Q3 GDP toplines mask two central facts: 1) Lower-income Americans are experiencing a vastly different economy than t…

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October 23, 2020 at 5:08 PM

Roosevelt Rundown: A Lifeline for Labor

Roosevelt Institute Those with and without jobs need support now. View this in your browser and share with your friends. More than a Paycheck Amid a record 77,640 new COVID-19 cases yesterday and historic levels of long-term unemployment, US economic recovery could be in jeopa…

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October 19, 2020 at 1:03 PM

TODAY — EconCon Presents

Roosevelt Institute EconCon Presents:Building an Economy That Works for All of UsMonday, October 19 | 1:00 PM ET EconCon Presents is happening TODAY at 1 PM. You do not want to miss this virtual event. Join us and Register now! While the annual conference, EconCon …

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October 16, 2020 at 4:40 PM

Roosevelt Rundown: Averting a K-Shaped Recovery

Roosevelt Institute Spend now to prevent long-term damage. View this in your browser and share with your friends. Why We Must Spend Now Per two new studies, the CARES Act saved millions from poverty at the beginning of this pandemic. But with most aid depleted or expired, and …

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October 9, 2020 at 7:00 PM

Roosevelt Rundown: Rethinking Economic Growth

Roosevelt Institute We need new metrics of societal well-being. View this in your browser and share with your friends. An Economic Growth Obsession Public health and economic health shouldn’t be mutually exclusive. But as economic experts argue in a new Bloomberg piece, societ…

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October 2, 2020 at 6:14 PM

Roosevelt Rundown: Beyond Transparency

Roosevelt Institute Regulate online political advertising. View this in your browser and share with your friends. Regulating Digital Mis/Disinformation As the world has learned in recent years, online misinformation and disinformation pose grave threats to the integrity of our …

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September 18, 2020 at 8:19 PM

Roosevelt Rundown: Black Women Best

Roosevelt Institute The framework we need for an equitable economy. View this in your browser and share with your friends. Black Women Best Few have been harmed more by the COVID-19 crisis than Black women, who remain unemployed at far higher levels than white men and women ei…

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September 11, 2020 at 6:03 PM

Roosevelt Rundown: 50 Years of Short-Termism

Roosevelt Institute What “social responsibility” really means. View this in your browser and share with your friends. The Social Responsibility of Business Fifty years ago, Milton Friedman declared in the New York Times Magazine that “the social responsibility of business is t…

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September 4, 2020 at 5:01 PM

Roosevelt Rundown: Labor Power Reads

Roosevelt Institute Rebuild worker voice. Raise wages. View this in your browser and share with your friends.   2020 has been a trying year for workers—for those deemed essential and exposed to the worst of a pandemic; for those whose work has doubled with full-time childcare; a…

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August 28, 2020 at 7:55 PM

Roosevelt Rundown: The Promise of Baby Bonds

Roosevelt Institute Make capital a birthright. View this in your browser and share with your friends. How Baby Bonds Could Reduce the Racial Wealth Gap In another tragic week, which began with the shooting of Jacob Blake and saw the murder of two protestors, a landmark New Jers…

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August 21, 2020 at 8:25 PM

Roosevelt Rundown: Break with Convention

Roosevelt Institute Shift policy, shift power. View this in your browser and share with your friends. The Policy Bedrock of a True New Deal Accepting the Democratic nomination for president 88 years ago, FDR pitched a transformative plan for a nation in crisis: a New Deal to sh…

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August 14, 2020 at 5:13 PM

Roosevelt Rundown: A True New Deal

Roosevelt Institute The blueprint for a better economy. View this in your browser and share with your friends. A New Era This moment of crisis demands bold change: Roosevelt has the blueprint. This week, Roosevelt unveiled a structural policy agenda that both speaks to the imme…

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August 7, 2020 at 5:30 PM

Roosevelt Rundown: Our Economy, Our Government

Roosevelt Institute Reclaiming power for the people will require a true, inclusive New Deal for the 21st century. View this in your browser and share with your friends. Coming Soon: A True New Deal On Monday, the Roosevelt Institute is releasing a new foundational report that, …

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July 31, 2020 at 9:05 PM

Roosevelt Rundown: Extending the UI Supplement Is the Priority

Roosevelt Institute Here’s what else government can do now. View this in your browser and share with your friends. The UI Supplement Is Necessary for Recovery On the heels of the worst economic quarter in American history, the $600-a-week unemployment insurance (UI) supplement …

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July 24, 2020 at 6:04 PM

Roosevelt Rundown: Preventing the Unemployment Cliff

Roosevelt Institute Extend UI and guarantee fair wages. View this in your browser and share with your friends. We Need a Fair Wage Guarantee For the one in five American workers currently drawing unemployment benefits, the end of this month brings a grim reality: the expiration…

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July 17, 2020 at 6:22 PM

Roosevelt Rundown: Before the Flood

Roosevelt Institute To avoid market collapse, we must address climate risk. View this in your browser and share with your friends. Preventing a Climate-Induced Housing Crash This week brought two major climate developments in the presidential race: a Trump administration rule a…

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July 10, 2020 at 8:11 PM

Roosevelt Rundown: A Fair Wage Guarantee

Roosevelt Institute Congress could raise workers’ wages—and rebalance power in the economy. View this in your browser and share with your friends. Raise Wages, Reverse Economic Inequity With the CARES Act’s expanded unemployment benefits set to expire by the end of the month, C…

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June 26, 2020 at 8:51 PM

Roosevelt Rundown: The Country We Deserve

Roosevelt Institute Our institutions are not immutable. View this in your browser and share with your friends. Note: The Roosevelt Rundown will be off next week for the Fourth of July holiday. State Insurance Reforms and the Trade-Offs of a Public Option If the first wave ever…

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June 19, 2020 at 1:05 PM

Roosevelt Rundown: To Freedom

Roosevelt Institute Commemorating the promise of equality on Juneteenth. View this in your browser and share with your friends. We at Roosevelt are mourning the continued assault on Black lives, from COVID-19, police brutality, and beyond. We stand in solidarity with you. Junete…

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June 12, 2020 at 6:27 PM

Roosevelt Rundown: Dismantling Anti-Black Economics

Roosevelt Institute Change the paradigm by empowering Black economists. View this in your browser and share with your friends. We at Roosevelt are mourning the continued assault on Black lives, from COVID-19, police brutality, and beyond. We stand in solidarity with you. How Eco…

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June 5, 2020 at 5:03 PM

Roosevelt Rundown: Defend Black Life

Roosevelt Institute The system won’t reform itself. View this in your browser and share with your friends. We at Roosevelt are mourning the continued assault on Black lives, from COVID-19, police brutality, and beyond. We stand in solidarity with you. #JusticeForGeorgeFloyd The…

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May 29, 2020 at 7:37 PM

Roosevelt Rundown: Reimagining Social Insurance

Roosevelt Institute A more humane economy requires greater economic security. View this in your browser and share with your friends. We at Roosevelt are mourning the continued assault on Black lives, from COVID-19, police brutality, and beyond. We stand in solidarity with you. H…

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May 20, 2020 at 7:44 PM

Roosevelt Rundown Recommends

Roosevelt Institute What to watch, read, and listen to over the long weekend. View this in your browser and share with your friends. The regular Roosevelt Rundown will be back next Friday.We wish you and yours a happy and safe Memorial Day weekend! What We’re Watching Paul Krugm…

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May 15, 2020 at 7:32 PM

Roosevelt Rundown: The HEROES Act, Explained

Roosevelt Institute An equitable response to the COVID-19 pandemic requires structural change. View this in your browser and share with your friends. Austerity Is Not the Answer The need for structural policy change has never been clearer. Nearly 40 percent of low-income Americ…

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May 8, 2020 at 6:40 PM

Roosevelt Rundown: The Economy of Tomorrow

Roosevelt Institute Old ideas won’t solve this unprecedented crisis. View this in your browser and share with your friends. Post-Neoliberalism, Post-Pandemic The Labor Department’s latest unemployment report confirms what over 33 million Americans have experienced firsthand in …

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May 1, 2020 at 5:44 PM

Roosevelt Rundown: Four Priorities for Pandemic Relief Efforts

Roosevelt Institute It’s not too late to make better policy choices. View this in your browser and share with your friends. Preserving Lives and Livelihoods In the past six weeks, one in five Americans employed in February lost their jobs, and over 60,000 lost their lives to CO…

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April 24, 2020 at 6:35 PM

Roosevelt Rundown: Empower Workers Now

Roosevelt Institute Give frontline workers a voice in our nation’s pandemic response. View this in your browser and share with your friends. Building Worker Voice on the Frontlines The dual crises of COVID-19 continued to ravage the nation this week, with deaths now surpassing …

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April 16, 2020 at 7:38 PM

Roosevelt Rundown: We Are the Economy

Roosevelt Institute People need more than a check. They need a new economy. View this in your browser and share with your friends.   The CARES Act and Beyond The coronavirus crisis has now eliminated over 22 million jobs—about the same amount created in the decade since the Gre…

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April 10, 2020 at 6:17 PM

Roosevelt Rundown: The Inequality of COVID-19

Roosevelt Institute How the coronavirus crisis is exacerbating structural injustice. View this in your browser and share with your friends.   Dismantling Inequality and Building Economic Resilience As the New York Times editorial board writes in a new series on inequality and a…

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April 3, 2020 at 8:29 PM

Roosevelt Rundown: Keep People on Payrolls

Roosevelt Institute And protect unemployed and self-employed Americans. View this in your browser and share with your friends.   Preserving Payrolls and Supporting Unemployed People This week’s economic news has been sobering beyond precedent: 10 million Americans filed unemplo…

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March 27, 2020 at 8:41 PM

Roosevelt Rundown: Stimulus Is Not Enough

Roosevelt Institute Learning from the Great Recession and World War II. View this in your browser and share with your friends.   Beyond the CARES Act With more confirmed coronavirus cases than any other nation and a record 3.3 million unemployment claims filed last week, the Am…

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March 20, 2020 at 7:08 PM

Roosevelt Rundown: Combatting the Coronavirus Recession

Roosevelt Institute Building a more resilient economy. View this in your browser and share with your friends.   A Forward-Thinking Policy Response to the Coronavirus Recession Mass layoffs, record unemployment claims, and an unprecedented demand shock: With GDP projected to dec…

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