If Democrats pass legislation forgiving loans, the move might be popular with their educated progressive base, yet unpopular with many working-class voters. Student debt is…
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Voting for Joe Biden isn’t something I take lightly. It is the right thing to do, faced with the potential of another four years with…
Entrepreneurs create wealth, something supported by data globally (particularly in emerging markets). Having an idea, either an innovation to an existing product or the creation…
I am not a progressive. I am not a U.S.-style liberal. Since 2016, I have written and spoken on the threat Donald Trump poses to…
The emergency aid was $2 trillion dollars. “We had to pass it.” It was named the CARES Act, Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act.…
Bernie Sanders currently stands apart among Democratic presidential primary candidates. His lead is increasing, according to FiveThirtyEight and other polling aggregators, as we head towards…
With Bernie Sanders leading the Democratic presidential nomination race according to polls (and the first primary), there’s a set of questions voters should be asking:…
From a statistical view, negative motivations are stronger than positive motivations. We act out of fear and loathing. This increasingly applies to voting: we vote…
What we are witnessing in political debates about wealth is also an intergenerational dispute. Older Americans, who are living longer and working longer than ever…
If we the people have to pay for your healthcare, your education, and any number of other “shared” responsibilities, than we (or our representatives) can…