Class Struggle Still Gets the Goods
How do wealth and income inequality develop? And how can they be reversed?
154 Article(s) by: Matt Bruenig
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Matt Bruenig is the founder of People’s Policy Project.
Asian Poverty and the “Model Minority”
Treating Asians in the US as a wealthy monolith papers over their wildly divergent economic situations.
Welfare for Everyone
Liberal talking points on race and the welfare state reflect deeply conservative ideas. The Left should demand welfare for all.
Capitalism Is Violence
United Airlines' forcible removal of a passenger exposed the everyday violence that keeps capitalism running.
Don’t Blame the Boomers
Baby boomers aren't the problem -- the rich are.
Against Chelsea Clinton
Chelsea Clinton might run for office. Rethink this.
Liberals and Diversity
Liberal commentators believe that you can have diversity or economic justice, but you can’t have both. They're wrong.
What Happened to Keith Ellison?
The Democratic establishment waged war on Keith Ellison. We should respond in kind.
Who Cares If the Dow Jones Hit 20,000?
Stock market booms benefit the rich, not ordinary workers.
The UBI Bait and Switch
Finland’s UBI experiment serves as a cautionary tale for basic income proponents on the Left.
The Rich Already Have a UBI
10 percent of all national income is paid out to the 1 percent as capital income. Why not give it to all as a universal basic income?
The Bernie Platform
A New York Times op-ed slamming Bernie Sanders's program misses the mark.
The Myth of the Bernie Bro
The notion that Bernie Sanders' supporters are overwhelmingly male isn't borne out by the numbers.
How Class and Race Immiserate
Class and race operate both separately and together to impoverish huge swaths of American society.