A Coda For The American Worker
When it comes to dividing up the pie, every year Americans are left fighting over fewer and fewer crumbs. This was not an inevitable consequence of globalization. It was a political choice.
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Part 5: Inequality is Fiscally Irresponsible
What if poverty is the root cause of our national debt crisis? As it turns out, governing a society is much more expensive when it is gripped by inequality.
Read more“Don’t Say We Didn’t Warn You.”
The first real shots of the US-China trade war have just been fired. How did it come to this, and where do we go from here?
Read moreUS manufacturing jobs (millions), 1939-2019
The three greatest external shocks to US manufacturing employment in the last 100 years were the Great Depression of the 1930s, America’s entry into World War II in 1941, and China’s entry into the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 2001. ...
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Part 4: Why National Wealth Doesn’t Buy National Health
Pitting America's medical system against ten of the best can help us solve our spending puzzle. Here are 5 key pieces.
Read moreAmong wealthy countries, US diabetes and poverty rates are both highest. Coincidence?
The United States has the highest rate of adult diabetes (aged 20-79) among wealthy countries. With more than one in ten adults suffering from diabetes, this is about double the rate at which citizens in other wealthy countries contract the...
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