Taxing the Top
In a world in which some people keep getting way more than they need, while others can hardly get by, Robin Hood starts to look better and better.
The Underestimated “Price of Parenting”
Even a low-ball estimate of the cost of time shows just how misleading an estimate based only on money expenditures really is.
More Babies or Better Care for Newborns?
Most so-called pronatalist policies seriously underestimate the costs and risks of raising children in today’s economic environment.
Medicaid Kayfabe: Fake Wrestling
The features of the bill that are likely to help ordinary people were catchy and easy to understand—reduced taxes on tips and overtime pay and a higher standard deduction for the elderly on income taxes. Yet these projected revenue losses are tiny compared to those incurred by the super rich.
The Stealthy Strategy to Strangle Medicaid
Republicans want to make it even harder for low-income people to get health care.