Issue #27, Winter 2013

How Big Money Corrupts the Economy

Jacob S. Hacker & Nathaniel Loewentheil

December 3, 2012

Democracy & CFED Co-Host Discussion on Mobility

Democracy and the Corporation for Enterprise Development (CFED) co-hosted “The Forgotten 40 Percent: Restoring American Opportunity,” a discussion highlighting the economic imperative of rebuilding wealth and encouraging greater mobility among middle-class and working households.

Democracy: A Journal of Ideas

Issue #24, Spring 2012

Survival of the Richest

Is economic behavior best understood in Darwinian terms? Actually, no.

Chris Lehmann

Issue #23, Winter 2012

Arguing About Growth

Lifting the economy will require more spending now and fundamental budget reform later. William Galston and Lawrence Mishel continue their exchange on growth and the progressive agenda.

William Galston & Lawrence Mishel

Issue #22, Fall 2011

What Anti-Growth Agenda?

Contrary to centrist critiques, the left has always promoted growth and innovation. A response to William Galston.

Lawrence Mishel

Issue #22, Fall 2011

System Failure

How to think about financial regulation in an era of systemic risk.

Daniel Carpenter

Issue #21, Summer 2011

Life Lessons: Educating the Next Entrepreneurs

Amy Rosen

Issue #21, Summer 2011

Minority Report: Expanding Opportunity for All

Thomas "Danny" Boston

Issue #21, Summer 2011

Location, Location, Location: Creating Innovation Clusters

Maryann Feldman

Issue #21, Summer 2011

Our Best Imports: Keeping Immigrant Innovators Here

Vivek Wadhwa

Issue #21, Summer 2011

Progressive Entrepreneurship: A Work in Progress

William Galston

Issue #21, Summer 2011

From the Ground Up: Fostering Entrepreneurship

The Editors

Issue #20, Spring 2011

The “Hood Robin” Economy

No one can agree on the causes of inequality, but its effects are indisputable: more policies that benefit the already rich.

Ezra Klein

Issue #20, Spring 2011

Metro Connection

With Washington paralyzed by gridlock, states—and the metropolitan areas that power them—need to take the lead in rebuilding the economy.

Bruce Katz and Jennifer Bradley

Issue #20, Spring 2011

The Triumph of Taxophobia

First Principles: Arguing the Economy

Jonathan Chait

Issue #20, Spring 2011

Inequality and Its Casualties

First Principles: Arguing the Economy

Paul Pierson

Issue #20, Spring 2011

Three Fights We Can Win

First Principles: Arguing the Economy

Elaine Kamarck

Issue #20, Spring 2011

Growth and the Middle Class

First Principles: Arguing the Economy

David Madland

Issue #20, Spring 2011

First Principles: Arguing the Economy

The Editors

Issue #19, Winter 2011

America 2021: Jobs & the Economy

In 2021, we will still bear scars from the Great Recession. But will America be a mighty economy again? What key investments are needed to ensure our growth and prosperity? Five experts take the long view.

The Jobs & Economy Roundtable