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Class & Inequality, Race

Free the Beach

American beaches used to be common property. Now access to many of them is controlled by wealthy whites.

Andrew W. Kahrl

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Class & Inequality

Class & Inequality

Basic Income Is a Dead End

Basic income is a seductive poison that would benefit the margins of society at the expense of the middle class and immigrants.

Anke Hassel

Class & Inequality, Race

No Racial Justice Without Basic Income

A basic income that supplemented existing welfare structures could make everyone safer while ending the most pernicious forms of policing.

The Undercommons

Class & Inequality

Basic Income Works

Recipients of basic income continue to work, spend less on vice, and are able to invest in long-term plans.

Paul Niehaus, Michael Faye

Class & Inequality

Basic Income in a Just Society

Each week, another magazine, book, or think tank sketches a dystopian near-future in which new technologies render most workers unnecessary, sparking widespread poverty and disorder. Is a basic income the solution?

Brishen Rogers

Class & Inequality

The Return of Vulture Capitalism

Financial reforms are on Trump’s chopping block, and the stakes extend far beyond the economy.

K. Sabeel Rahman

Class & Inequality

Inequality Is About Access to Public Goods, Not Income

Fixing inequality is about more than addressing the income gap.

Claude S. Fischer

Class & Inequality

The Friendship that Changed Economics

Amos Tversky and Daniel Kahneman transformed how we think about economics and human behavior.

Andrew Stark

Class & Inequality

When Economics Had Ethics

Remembering Kenneth Arrow

Debra Satz

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Is Globalization to Blame?

The loss of jobs that accompanied globalization could have been avoided.

Dean Baker

Class & Inequality, Politics

How Not to Argue for Basic Income

When proponents deploy the logic of market competition, they undermine democracy and social equality.

Brishen Rogers

Class & Inequality, Global Justice

For the Wealthy, Citizenship at a Premium

Malta, Portugal, and Spain offer quick routes to passports for global elite willing to pay. This raises fundamental questions about the meaning and value of citizenship.

Max Holleran

Class & Inequality

The End of Work

Government has always played an outsize role in creating jobs—and still can.

Claude S. Fischer

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