The Minimum Wage
The economic consensus that raising the minimum wage destroys jobs collapsed under the weight of the evidence — and what replaced it is more interesting than either side admits.
The Cost of Living
Why working full time no longer guarantees you can afford food, rent, and the basics — how a frozen minimum wage, rising prices, and a thin safety net leave millions of Americans one bad week away from going without.
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- 02 EconomicsRead →
Food Insecurity
In the wealthiest country in history, one in seven households can't reliably afford enough food — and the number has climbed for three straight years, even as the government just stopped measuring it.
- 03 EconomicsRead →
The Housing Crisis
America's housing shortage is not a mystery — it is the predictable result of zoning laws designed to preserve exclusion, and the political economy of homeowners who benefit from scarcity.
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The Wealth Gap
The distance between who owns America and who works in it — and how that distance has been engineered over generations.
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Healthcare in America
The United States spends twice what comparable countries pay for healthcare — and gets measurably worse outcomes. The gap is not accidental.