The utility companies’ ploys to avoid regulation and thwart public power turn out to be as old as the industry itself.

She writes far less about the political influence of the equality haters than about their ability to gain headlines and write bestselling books. Her first book, Invisible Hands: The Businessmen’s ...

Senior Fellow at the American Economic Liberties Project and former chairman of the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority.

While some notable economists have challenged this hypothesis or pointed to a lack of hard evidence of AI-induced job loss so far, there is enough evidence of risk for young job seekers to at least ...

Institute for Local Self-Reliance. He writes about monopoly power for The Nation, The American Prospect, The Washington Monthly, and other publications, and is the author of the “Who Shall Rule” ...

Director of Public Options and Governance at the Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator. She has previously served in government at the Department of Defense, U.S. Export-Import Bank, U.S. Senate, and U.S.

Senior Fellow for Antimonopoly and Finance at Demand Progress. He also writes an occasional newsletter, “The Money Trust.” ...

Few people have been untouched by the troubling and enduring youth mental health crisis. Already significant before the COVID-19 pandemic, it has only worsened since. This challenge crosses party ...

If your house crumbles in a storm, your first instinct probably goes something like this: Rebuild your house exactly as it was. Get a roof over your head and return to your normal life as soon as ...

Our schools are weakest in their joints—those points where students pass from one school to the next. Students can pass every high school class and still find themselves in remedial classes once they ...

Education is often a strange, in-between policy area. It’s top of mind for parents and emotionally resonant with voters (consider COVID-19 school closings), but gets little attention from federal ...

American children are in trouble. After generations of improvement, test scores are declining and fewer children are showing up to class. COVID-19 knocked school systems off-kilter, disrupting the ...