Opinion

Nearly 900,000 women left the American workforce in August. Here's why that's terrible news for everyone.

Without immediate stimulus relief which directly addresses this gender gap, a whole generation of American women could fall behind.
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Forget fairness: Canceling all student debt makes great economic sense for America - here's why

Paul Constant is a writer at Civic Ventures, a cofounder of the Seattle Review of Books, and a frequent cohost of the "Pitchfork Economics" podcast with Nick Hanauer and David Goldstein. In this ...
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23 Republican governors are refusing to extend pandemic unemployment benefits. An economist explains why that's terrible for the economy.

Paul Constant is a writer at Civic Ventures and cohost of the "Pitchfork Economics" podcast with Nick Hanauer and David Goldstein. In the latest episode, they spoke with Heidi Shierholz, director of ...
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Andrew Yang on why universal basic income will help Americans more than a higher minimum wage

In the latest "Pitchfork Economics" podcast, host Nick Hanauer spoke with New York City Democratic mayoral candidate Andrew Yang. Hanauer and Yang have different views on whether a universal basic ...
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Bidenomics explained: Why building the economy from the middle out might be the most revolutionary concept in modern politics

Paul Constant is a writer at Civic Ventures and cohost of the "Pitchfork Economics" podcast with Nick Hanauer and David Goldstein. In this week's column, Constant explains how President Biden has ...
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A better goal than inclusion is simply 'belonging' — and it can improve both our economy and the workplace

Paul Constant is a writer at Civic Ventures and the cohost of the "Pitchfork Economics" podcast. He spoke with professor john a. powell of UC Berkeley's Othering & Belonging Institute. powell says ...
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Nick Hanauer

Nick Hanauer is an entrepreneur and a venture capitalist, the founder of the public-policy incubator Civic Ventures, and the host of the podcast Pitchfork Economics. Like many rich Americans, I used ...