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Job Insurance - Labor Market Power for the Majority (plus a review of the Jobs Bill)

stevenattewell wrote 1 week ago: Introduction: (For previous parts in the series, see here) As is the case with any form of social in … more →

Tags: Budget Politics, Economics, financial crisis, Full Employment, inequality, living wage, New Deal, Politics of Policy, Public Policy

Public Virtues, Round II

stevenattewell wrote 2 weeks ago: Introduction: In the first round of the Public Virtues series, I challenged the idea that private co … more →

Tags: climate change, Economics, Environment, Political Ideology, Politics of Policy, Public Policy, Public sector, regulation, social democracy

The U.C's Playing the Thimble Game - How Post-Docs Are Economic Stimulus

stevenattewell wrote 2 weeks ago: Introduction: Tomorrow at noon, pickets will spring up on every campus of the University, a familiar … more →

Tags: Budget Politics, California, Economics, Education reform, financial crisis, living wage, social democracy, Unions

Local Government Is Ideological - Thinking About Progressive Local Government1 comment

stevenattewell wrote 4 weeks ago: Introduction: I’ve always had a problem with the way that we Americans think politically about … more →

Tags: Budget Politics, Economics, Education reform, Environment, Full Employment, housing, inequality, Liberalism, living wage

Job Insurance in Global Context (Part 13)1 comment

stevenattewell wrote 1 month ago: Introduction: (see here for previous parts in the series) In my series on Job Insurance, I’ve … more →

Tags: Economics, financial crisis, Full Employment, history and politics, living wage, New Deal, Politics of Policy, poverty, Public Policy

Democratic Planning - Climate Change1 comment

stevenattewell wrote 1 month ago: Introduction: (For previous parts in the series, see here) I’ve written before about the clima … more →

Tags: climate change, Economics, Environment, history and politics, Politics of Policy, Public Policy, regulation

New Urbanism - 21st Century Municipal Socialism

stevenattewell wrote 1 month ago: Introduction: Let us imagine a city. Enough jobs have been created that the labor market is tight, w … more →

Tags: Economics, history and politics, housing, inequality, Liberalism, Mass Transit, Political Ideology, Politics of Policy, poverty

Job Insurance - Part 12 (Finance)1 comment

stevenattewell wrote 1 month ago: Introduction: In previous installments of the Job Insurance series, I’ve used a simple $20 a m … more →

Tags: Budget Politics, Economics, financial crisis, Full Employment, history and politics, Liberalism, New Deal, Political Ideology, Politics of Policy

What Should Be In A Jobs Bill? (A Job Insurance Supplement)

stevenattewell wrote 1 month ago: Introduction: Up until a week ago, the prospects for a second round of economic stimulus looked blea … more →

Tags: Budget Politics, Economics, financial crisis, Full Employment, history and politics, living wage, New Deal, Politics of Policy, poverty

Job Insurance - Part 11 (For the Young)5 comments

stevenattewell wrote 1 month ago: Introduction: Peter Coy’s article, “The Lost Generation – Bright, Eager, and Unwan … more →

Tags: history and politics, Politics of Policy, Economics, Full Employment, New Deal, Public Policy, social democracy, Public Works, financial crisis

Gimme Shelter - The Problem of Housing in New Urbanism1 comment

stevenattewell wrote 1 month ago: Introduction: In my previous segment on working-class new urbanism, I focused on the non-housing asp … more →

Tags: Politics of Policy, Economics, Politics, Public Policy, social democracy, housing, Political Ideology, regulation, Social Policy

Working-Class Urbanism1 comment

stevenattewell wrote 2 months ago: Introduction: Recently, there was a bit of a stir when geographer Aaron Renn posted an article on Ne … more →

Tags: Politics of Policy, Economics, Budget Politics, Public Policy, Unions, social democracy, living wage, Public Works, housing

Job Insurance - Part 10 (The Powerpoint)4 comments

stevenattewell wrote 2 months ago: Introduction: So before I even started the Job Insurance series, I wrote this post on presenting a p … more →

Tags: Economics, Full Employment, history and politics, New Deal, Politics of Policy, Progressivism, Public Policy, Public Works, social democracy

Public Virtues - 6 (Rules-Making Authority)1 comment

stevenattewell wrote 2 months ago: Introduction: (For previous installments in this series, see here) So far in the Public Virtues seri … more →

Tags: history and politics, Politics of Policy, Economics, Politics, New Deal, Public Policy, social democracy, Political Ideology, financial crisis

Job Insurance - Part 9 (What is NAIRU?)1 comment

stevenattewell wrote 2 months ago: No, the other one. Introduction: (For previous parts in the series, see here) In talking about job i … more →

Tags: Economics, Full Employment, history and politics, Liberalism, New Deal, Political Ideology, Politics of Policy, Progressivism, Public Policy

Public Virtues - Part 5 (Inherent Monopoly)2 comments

stevenattewell wrote 3 months ago: Introduction: (For previous parts in the series, see here) In the public imagination, we often under … more →

Tags: history and politics, Politics of Policy, Economics, New Deal, Public Policy, social democracy, Political Ideology, regulation, WPA

Democratic Planning - Part 41 comment

stevenattewell wrote 3 months ago: Introduction: (For previous parts in the series, see here.) For all that we think we live in a free … more →

Tags: Economics, Public Policy, social democracy, climate change, regulation

Job Insurance - Part 8 (What Is The Right to A Job?)1 comment

stevenattewell wrote 3 months ago: Introduction: In this series about Job Insurance, I have discussed both the technical and intellectu … more →

Tags: Economics, European Politics, Full Employment, history and politics, New Deal, Political Ideology, Politics of Policy, poverty, Public Policy

50-State Keynesianism - Part 3

stevenattewell wrote 3 months ago: Introduction: In part 1 of this series, I discussed the possibility of creating state economic recov … more →

Tags: Budget Politics, California, Economics, Full Employment, inequality, living wage, Politics of Policy, Public Policy, Public Works