Oren Levin-Waldman
The Political Economy of Inequality
In this space I have already established that rising inequality threatens democracy because of social strife that can result. We are...
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To Fault Wage Rigidity for Our Economic Problems is Simply Backwards
The most recent jobs report shows more job growth than expected, with an unemployment rate of 3.8 percent. By all measures, this should...
Oren Levin-Waldman
Rising Inequality is as Harmful to the Economy as it is to Democracy
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The Death of Representation
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Elites Really Don’t Care About “Our Democracy”
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True Democracy Requires Serving the Interests of All People, Including Ordinary Workers
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Deference to Expertise May be Sound Public Administration Theory, but it is Not Democratic
There would appear to be a pervasive belief that free markets are a sacred institution that cannot be interfered with as though the...
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The 2024 Campaign for President Begins: Revisiting the Median Voter Theorem
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The Elites’ War on Ordinary Workers Continues
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The Importance of a Social Contract
Arguably an election and its ensuing peaceful transfer of power reflects a social contract of sorts. Through the ballot box, the public...
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The Greatest Threat to Democracy is Growing Public Distrust
We hear much about how “our” democracy is under attack. Trump’s refusal to accept the results of the 2020 election and the “insurrection”...
Helping Ordinary Workers begins with Simplifying the Tax Code
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Standard Anti-Inflation Policy Serves the Elites and Harms Ordinary Workers
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What Constitutes a ‘Just’ Labor Market?
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Has the Supreme Court Ended Equality?
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The Changing Nature of Work and the Death of American Cities?
In the wake of the Covid pandemic, the nature of work has changed. More and more workers are able to work remotely, and those who can...
Oren Levin-Waldman
The Hollowness or Hypocrisy of the Words “Our Democracy”
We hear a lot of talk these days about “our democracy.” Progressives claim that is being assaulted by those on the right. Those on the...
Oren Levin-Waldman
The Blue State/Red State Divide on the Meaning of Equality
Although inequality is viewed as a national problem for which many advocate redistribution as a response, it is not much of a problem in...
Oren Levin-Waldman
Polarization in the U.S.: A Tale of Two Economies
It has been commonplace to assume that the increased polarization in the nation is ideological, and on a certain level it is. But the...
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