New Rules for the 21st Century: Corporate Power, Public Power, and the Future of the American Economy
Wednesday, 10 April 2019
America’s political landscape and economic thinking are shifting. The 2016 election—and the rise of powerful movements over the past decade—has shown us that Americans are calling for change. They want a diagnosis of our economy to help make sense of what’s gone wrong and to suggest ways to make things better. In New Rules for
- Published in Economic Inclusion, Economy & Growth, Education, Health Care, Publications, Report
Fixing the Senate: Equitable and Full Representation for the 21st Century
Monday, 18 March 2019
Some of the most pressing challenges of our time—inequality and climate change—require bold proposals to set the United States and the world on a new trajectory. In Fixing the Senate: Equitable and Full Representation for the 21st Century, Roosevelt Fellow Todd N. Tucker explores five ways to realign the body with the functions it was
- Published in Politics, Publications, Report
Ending Shareholder Primacy in Corporate Governance
Wednesday, 13 February 2019
For nearly half of a century, America’s public corporations have been driven by a shareholder primacy approach to corporate governance, increasingly prioritizing shareholder payments over other, more productive uses of corporate resources. Over the same period, employee bargaining power has decreased and wages for nonexecutive workers have remained flat across sectors. In Ending Shareholder Primacy in Corporate Governance,
- Published in Economic Inclusion, Economy & Growth, homepage-slider, Publications, Report, Work and Labor
Off-Balance: Five Strategies for a Judiciary that Supports Democracy
Tuesday, 13 November 2018
The Supreme Court is facing a democracy deficit, where the number of justices and the length of their terms have created a Court that does not reflect the views of the American public. This point is underscored by the fact that four out of five members of the conservative majority were nominated by presidents who
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The Student Debt Crisis, Labor Market Credentialization, and Racial Inequality: How the Current Student Debt Debate Gets the Economics Wrong
Tuesday, 16 October 2018
As tuition has risen over the last several decades in the U.S., student loan debt has ballooned. Despite growing debt loads, federal policy encourages the use of loans for financing higher education, based on the assumption that student debt supports increased postsecondary attainment—and, in turn, improved outcomes for individuals and our economy as a whole.
- Published in Economy & Growth, Education, homepage-slider, Publications, Report
Left Behind: Snapshots from the 21st Century Labor Market
Wednesday, 03 October 2018
In Left Behind: Snapshots from the 21st Century Labor Market, Roosevelt Program Director Rakeen Mabud and Program Associate Jess Forden explore today’s changing economy and the future of work through the lens of six occupations: carework, food service, manufacturing, mining, nursing, and trucking. Despite a seemingly robust and healthy economy, as indicated by headline measures
- Published in Economy & Growth, homepage-slider, Publications, Report, Work and Labor
The Effective Competition Standard: A New Standard for Antitrust
Tuesday, 25 September 2018
America’s failing antitrust system is, in large part, to blame for today’s market power problem. Lax antitrust law and enforcement have allowed troubling trends like corporate consolidation to remain unchallenged, further embedding our skewed economy. In highly consolidated markets, consumers have limited choice and little power to pick their price, quality, or provider for the
- Published in Economy & Growth, homepage-slider, Publications, Report
Seven Strategies to Rebuild Worker Power for the 21st Century Global Economy: A Comparative and Historical Framework for Policy Action
Tuesday, 18 September 2018
Is globalization good or bad for workers? One view sees it as an inevitable and desirable process of making economies more efficient: It may displace workers in the short run, but it has the potential to make them richer in the long run. Another view sees globalization as a net negative, leading to a loss
- Published in Economy & Growth, homepage-slider, International, Publications, Report, Work and Labor
A Public Banking Option As a Mode of Regulation for Household Financial Services in the United States
Tuesday, 14 August 2018
Banks today are increasingly consolidating branch locations, while also moving away from low-cost financial services to high-profit activities, leaving marginalized Americans underserved and left behind in today’s economy. Without access to basic banking services, such as checking and savings accounts or small loans, consumers are vulnerable to a host of financial abuses. To foster a more
- Published in Economic Inclusion, Economy & Growth, Finance & Wealth, homepage-slider, Publications, Report
Rebuilding Worker Voice in Today’s Economy
Thursday, 09 August 2018
Workers are increasingly powerless in the 21st century economy. Working people have few rights on the job, corporations and wealthy individuals hold outsized influence in politics and policymaking, economic inequality is vast and deep, and economic mobility is out of reach for most. Most notably, the unionization rate—a key measure of worker voice and worker
- Published in Economic Inclusion, homepage-slider, Publications, Report, Work and Labor
