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What Parents of Young Kids Want: Insights from the 2026 National Parent Survey

What Parents of Young Kids Want: Insights from the 2026 National Parent Survey

New America Celebrates 2026 Pulitzer Prizes

New America Celebrates 2026 Pulitzer Prizes

The Care Disconnect: Americans Misjudge Care Realities, But Know Families Need Help

The Care Disconnect: Americans Misjudge Care Realities, But Know Families Need Help

A Model for Associational Party Building

A Model for Associational Party Building
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Redrawing School Boundaries for Fairer Funding

Redrawing School Boundaries for Fairer Funding

Reframing Fusion Voting as a Practical, Powerful Reform Strategy

Reframing Fusion Voting as a Practical, Powerful Reform Strategy

Harnessing Terrorism Data to Reshape U.S. National Security Policy

Harnessing Terrorism Data to Reshape U.S. National Security Policy

Establishing a National Housing Loss Rate

Establishing a National Housing Loss Rate
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Men and Care: Insights from the 2026 Survey and Real Stories from Caregiving Men

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America Can Help Fix the World by Fixing Itself

America Can Help Fix the World by Fixing Itself

May 29, 2013

Building a Bridge to a Tri-Polar World Economy: An American Growth Strategy

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Building a Bridge to a Tri-Polar World Economy: An American Growth Strategy

May 21, 2013

Jay Pelosky

Renewing the American Social Contract: A New Vision for Improving Economic Security

Renewing american social

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Renewing the American Social Contract: A New Vision for Improving Economic Security

America’s social contract needs to be reinvented for the twenty-first century.

Apr 29, 2013

Joshua Freedman, Michael Lind

Expanded Social Security

Expanded social security

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Expanded Social Security

The conventional wisdom about Social Security is profoundly misguided.

Apr 3, 2013

Robert Hiltonsmith, Michael Lind, Steven Hill, Joshua Freedman

Public Attitudes Toward the Next Social Contract

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Public Attitudes Toward the Next Social Contract

Jan 15, 2013

Social Contract Budgeting: Prescriptions from Economics and History

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Social Contract Budgeting: Prescriptions from Economics and History

Dec 17, 2012

Peter Lindert

Kludgeocracy: The American Way of Policy

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Kludgeocracy: The American Way of Policy

American politics is shifting from debates over size to the growing complexity of government—what experts call “kludgeocracy.”

Dec 10, 2012

Steven M. Teles

Competing Visions of the Past: Learning from History for the Future of American Social Policy

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Competing Visions of the Past: Learning from History for the Future of American Social Policy

Dec 6, 2012

No Discount: Comparing the Public Option to the Coupon Welfare State

NSC No Discount

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No 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.

Dec 3, 2012

Mike Konczal

Tax Reform That Works: Building a Solid Fiscal Foundation with a VAT

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Tax Reform That Works: Building a Solid Fiscal Foundation with a VAT

Tax reform is like the weather – everyone talks about it, but no one ever does anything about it. But unlike inclement weather, the problems

Nov 29, 2012

Bruce Bartlett

From Growth Compression to Reflation: The Road Ahead

From Growth Compression to Reflation: The Road Ahead

Nov 28, 2012

Economic Recovery and Social Investment

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Economic Recovery and Social Investment

Today’s prolonged economic slump is fundamentally different from an ordinary recession. In the aftermath of a severe financial collapse, an

Nov 26, 2012

Robert Kuttner

Debt, Deficits, and Demographics

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Debt, Deficits, and Demographics

Nov 19, 2012

Dean Baker

Raising American Wages…by Raising American Wages

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Raising American Wages…by Raising American Wages

Nov 15, 2012

Ron Unz

The Missing Economic Debate

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The Missing Economic Debate

Oct 11, 2012

Sherle R. Schwenninger

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