The idea that Medicare for All can’t work because it means higher taxes should be rejected for the nonsense it is

The thing to fear isn’t productivity growth. It’s false narratives and bad economic policy.

Since everyone who matters seems to be just fine with ever longer and stronger patent and copyright protection, let’s use them to raise a ton of money for the government and make the deficit hawks happy

The key issue here is that workers with employer-provided health care insurance are effectively already being taxed for their health care insurance

Without monopolies, drugs are cheap to make, and there’s no incentive to lie about their benefits and harms

Placing all of the blame on Brazil is fundamentally misrepresenting the history of the problem. Brazil must act to preserve the Amazon, but it should be paid for this choice by the rich countries

The rich countries lack of concern for the environment made it cheaper for them to develop. Now poorer countries, who are struggling to develop, are being told that they need to respect the environment for the good of the planet

It would be great if trade reporters could get a bit more serious and give some thought to winners and losers from trade policy, and not pretend that everyone in the United States is in the same boat

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that its benchmark revision to its job numbers shows that the economy created 501,000 fewer jobs between March of 2018 and March of 2019 than previously reported

Trade Negotiators Served Corporate Interests