Heather McGhee
Heather C. McGhee is the Vice President of Policy and Outreach. She helps to set Demos’ strategy organization-wide and oversees the Communications and Advocacy Departments. She is a frequent writer,...
View ArticleJacob S. Hacker
Jacob S. Hacker, Ph.D., is the Director of the Institution for Social and Policy Studies, and Stanley B. Resor Professor of Political Science at Yale University. He is Vice President of the National...
View ArticleNouriel Roubini
Nouriel Roubini is the cofounder and chairman of Roubini Global Economics, an independent, global macroeconomic and market strategy research firm. The firm’s website, Roubini.com, has been named one of...
View ArticleRobert Shiller
Robert J. Shiller is the Arthur M. Okun Professor of Economics, Department of Economics and Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University, and Professor of Finance and Fellow at the...
View ArticleForward, Now
Five days before the election, President Obama told a boisterous crowd in Green Bay, Wisconsin, that our work is not done. “Our fight goes on because we know this nation cannot succeed without a...
View ArticleThe Fiscal Myth
As President Obama gets closer to making his deal with the Republicans on the budget, the most important thing to keep in mind is that the fiscal cliff is an artificially contrived trap. Were it not...
View ArticleThe “Fiscal Cliff” is a Scam
James Galbraith debunks the idea that there’s is a looming crisis in social security, Medicare and Medicaid and calls out entitlement reform for what it is: curtailing benefits for the elderly and the...
View ArticleNo Discount: Comparing the Public Option to the Coupon Welfare State
The fundamental ideological conflict surrounding the Welfare State in the U.S. is no longer over the scope of government, but instead how the government carries out its responsibilities and delivers...
View ArticleThe “Fiscal Cliff” is a Myth
Dean Baker elucidates that the without any deal before December 31st, 2012, there will be minimal negative economic impact on Democracy Now, December 14, 2012.
View ArticleAusterity & the Grand Betrayal
Associate Professor of Economics William Black reflects on Geithner’s term as treasurer, particularly his austerity policies on Real News, January 12th, 2013.
View ArticleReducing Waste: Efficient Medicare Benefits
When Congress was debating the Medicare drug benefit in 2003, there were many who advocated that Medicare provide the benefit as part of the traditional hospital insurance program. This was expected to...
View ArticleThe Grand Bargain and the Obama Legacy
Former Regulator William Black discusses Obama’s push for a Grand Bargain with Congressional Republicans and its ramifications for Medicare and Social Security on the Real News Network, March 15th, 2013.
View ArticleUnnecessary Entitlement Reform
Rhonda Straw is one of millions of Americans who do important work every day but still have a hard time saving for retirement. As a home health aide, Straw administers medication, changes bandages, and...
View ArticleNet Medicare Savings Through Negotiating Prescription Prices
Americans pay far higher prices for prescription drugs than do people in other wealthy countries. This is true for the Medicare prescription drug program also. The reason that other countries spend so...
View ArticleFederalizing Medicaid
The substantive rationale for federalizing Medicaid is stronger than ever, giventhat less than half of the states have agreed to expand the program as Obamacare envisioned to cover a large portion of...
View ArticleThe UMB: Utopia or Possible Reality?
In light of the recent Oregon Medicaid study, several people have discussed the idea of taking parts of the social insurance system and replacing them with cash benefits. This naturally brings up the...
View ArticleMarshall Auerback
Auerback has 30 years of experience in the investment management business. He served as a director and global portfolio strategist for the Canada-based fund management group Pinetree Capital. He also...
View ArticleEric Kingson
Eric Kingson, professor of social work at Syracuse University, is founding co-director of Social Security Works (www.socialsecurityworks.org) and co-chair of the Strengthen Social Security Coalition...
View ArticleThe Entitlement of the Very Rich
The very rich don’t think very highly of the rest of us. This fact is driven home to us through fluke events, like the taping of Mitt Romney’s famous 47 percent comment, in which he trashed the people...
View ArticleTo Improve ‘Obamacare,” Reconsider the Original House Bill
The Affordable Care Act (ACA), or “Obamacare,” has survived its first year, and to the dismay of conservative fear-mongers who assumed it would fail, the law appears to be achieving exactly what it...
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