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✊ Strong labor unions are a key part of the #GoodLife—they empower workers: ☑️ Materially through tangible economic gains ☑️ Mentally by fostering community, solidarity & meaning. Labor lawyer Jenny Hunter argues for more positive cultural representations of unions: https://lnkd.in/gArdhJzt

Recently, columnist Matthew Yglesias argued that using workforce rhetoric to support #childcare policy no longer holds water for a variety of reasons, but Elliot Haspel thinks there's a larger framing issue when we talk about child care as a commercial good versus a national value. Jump into the discussion: https://lnkd.in/eXgvxWwA With shoutouts to Roosevelt Institute's Suzanne Kahn and more.

How do we sustain innovation in the economy? 💲 Traditional wisdom says incentivizing firms to innovate is all it takes. 🧠 But just as important—and often overlooked in competition policy—is fostering the ability of firms to innovate. Roosevelt author Ketan Ahuja reflects on his recent brief with us ⤵️ https://lnkd.in/gXy9qUkf

Neoliberalism cuts off community. Drawing the connections between neoliberalism and the loneliness & isolation epidemics, Senator of Connecticut Chris Murphy highlights the role public policy can play in fostering greater purpose & connection—2️⃣ crucial pieces of the #GoodLife. Read his full essay in our "Imagining the Good Life" series in The American Prospect: https://lnkd.in/g68Z73_c

❗ ICYMI: Last week, we hosted a panel of experts for a rousing discussion of the #TCJA's effects on Black Americans and how tax reform can reduce economic and racial inequality. 📺 Watch the full recording ▶️ https://lnkd.in/gzwc49JP https://lnkd.in/gXhSECEg

On average, white households received more than twice as many tax cuts under the TCJA as Black households. Read the full report by Roosevelt Institute here: https://lnkd.in/e-WemnwD #taxtherich #inequality #taxes #taxation #economy #economics

Reparations for Black Americans must include: 💲 Cash payments 🧠 Psychological reparations As Riana Elyse Anderson, Ph.D., LCP (assistant professor, University of Michigan School of Public Health) explains in her contribution to our series in The American Prospect, mending our ongoing history of racialized harm must be part of a vision of the #GoodLife marked by equality, fairness & justice: https://lnkd.in/guhMuP7c

ICYMI: The court issued major rulings this week limiting the enforcement power of federal agencies. ✅ The Supreme Court’s latest blows to the administrative state that undermines the government’s ability to enforce important regulations ✅ A new brief that breaks down a framework for a capabilities-oriented approach to antitrust law and policymaking. This week's #RooseveltRundown: https://lnkd.in/gfKTCP4C

NEW 📃: Innovation has been for too long used as a shield against antitrust scrutiny. Correcting this requires a new paradigm of how we understand innovation. Rather than the simplistic view that innovation stems only from incentives, our new brief shows how innovation emerges from sharing knowledge and resources among a variety of actors. An innovative economy then requires robust antitrust enforcement to ensure fair competition, in particular in the emerging AI space. Learn more in our new brief from Ketan Ahuja👇 https://lnkd.in/eUGAwD8R

Structural racism is a design feature, not a flaw, of our tax code. 📗 We were fortunate to be in a position to buy our house 14 years ago. Our neighborhood was formerly under a racial covenant and #Oakland was part of federally-backed #redlining scheme that denied many families of color the opportunity to become homeowners in our area. Today, many black families remain ineligible for the mortgage interest deduction that made homeownership affordable for us because of these systemic barriers. The estate tax, the 529 college saving expansion, pass-through business deductions from the Trump Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (#TCJA), and the decimation of the #ChildTaxCredit are all manipulations of our tax code that disproportionately harm black families. These injustices can be remedied by: 💡 Implementing wealth taxes to redistribute resources more equitably. 💡 Closing tax loopholes that allow large corporations to evade fair contributions. 💡 Investing in public options (schools, libraries, health care, etc) that benefit all communities. Brilliant analysis by Beverly Moran and Roosevelt Institute if you're interested in learning more. #RacialEquity #TaxJustice