A Roadmap to Job Creation 2.0

John Fullerton, a friend and the founder of The Capital Institute, celebrated Labor Day with some thoughtful ways to create more jobs – now. Here’s the challenge we face as defined by Fullerton: “To create 7 to 10 million net new jobs in the United States over the...

Of the 99%, By the 99%, For the 99%

With every piece of legislation, every political decision, every empty campaign promise, we have moved further and further away from a democracy benefitting all Americans and closer to an oligarchy serving very few Americans – the 1%. It’s a dangerous development that...

Can the Middle Class Be Saved?

In September, Don Peck, writing in The Atlantic, provided an exceptionally thoughtful and detailed analysis of the fate of the middle class. What has contributed to its emergence as the economic and political foundation of American life? What has transpired to put its...