Op-Ed/Commentary

COVID-19ElectionsGDPInflation Reduction ActMinimum WageUnited StatesWorkers Labor Faces a Partisan Divide on Most Important Issues Going Forward

The 2024 election could determine how much we can fix problems, or whether we move backward toward increasing inequality of income, wealth, and access to education.

Mark Weisbrot / SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS / August 31, 2023

Op-Ed/Commentary

Climate ChangeEnvironmentInflation Reduction ActUnited States Climate Adaptation in Arizona Will Require More than Just Federal Funding, Luck

The federal government just reached a historic deal with California, Arizona, and Nevada to provide cities, irrigation districts, and tribal governments with around $1.2 billion to temporarily use less water from the Colorado River.

Hayley BrownMatt Sedlar / ARIZONA CAPITOL TIMES / June 28, 2023

Op-Ed/Commentary

Climate ChangeInequalityInflation Reduction ActUnited StatesWorkers Statement on Importance of Federal Oversight of Inflation Reduction Act’s Labor, Equity, and Environmental Goals

When major public investments like these are not properly supervised, inequity, waste and corruption is an inevitable result, and the diverse working class loses out. Rigorous oversight of the IRA's implementation needs to be a top priority for Biden.

/ February 16, 2023

Op-Ed/Commentary

InflationInflation Reduction ActTaxesUnited StatesWall Street Inflation Reduction Act May Transform the Corporate Income Tax

It makes more sense to tax the returns to shareholders that we can see than to tax corporate profits that corporate accountants calculate for us.

Dean Baker / BLOOMBERG / November 07, 2022