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✅ The Power of Inside-Outside Strategy with Felicia Wong and Deepak Bhargava 🎧
✅ Explore 4️⃣ cool career opportunities with our Think Tank team

The weekly #RooseveltRundown ⬇️ rooseveltinstitute.org/2024/05/10/how…

🍟 The profit margins don’t lie—fast food corporations have the ability to pay for increased wages.

🔁 Increased wages = increased prices is a myth. Profits should be reinvested in workers, innovation, and jobs. cbsnews.com/news/mcdonalds…

Creating a policy framework that puts economic stability at the forefront is the first step in building an economy that works for everyone.

In her new 📖 Natalie Foster of Economic Security Project explores how we can make this economic vision a reality. marketplace.org/2024/05/09/wor…

A longing for change is driving various cultural responses to neoliberalism & the Right has taken advantage, using it for divisive politics.

We must address deeper human needs in our culture if we want to escape the neoliberal cultural wreckage. rooseveltinstitute.org/publications/t…

Congress has a vital role in shaping the future of crypto regulation.

By expanding the definition of securities to include many crypto assets, policymakers can help protect consumers & investors. Todd Phillips with more action steps for Congress: rooseveltinstitute.org/publications/c…

Policymakers are responsible for setting the rules for banks to protect consumers and ensure financial stability.

Making it easier for banks across the board to hold crypto would undermine the SEC's ability to regulate the inherently volatile asset. axios.com/2024/05/08/hou…

❗ Federal subsidies are set to triple domestic chip manufacturing capacity by 2032.

This investment is crucial for advancing innovation & strengthening supply chain resilience. Madeleine Ngo covers a SIA & Boston Consulting Group report showing the CHIPS Act's impact:
nytimes.com/2024/05/08/us/…

Education alone isn't enough to bridge the #racialwealthgap .

A new Harlem Children's Zone initiative recognizes that truth and will grant thousands of students in Harlem $10,000 each to invest, an example of 'democratizing trust funds for others,' says Darrick Hamilton.
nytimes.com/2024/05/09/nyr…

🎶 People don’t live in policy. They live in culture.

Therefore, progressives *must* engage in mass culture and the attention economy. If we don't, '[we're] essentially surrendering the terrain to the far right,' explains Deepak Bhargava.

Discover more ➡️ rooseveltinstitute.org/publications/t…

This is a great set of opportunities Roosevelt Institute for social scientists interested in #altac policy- and media-facing careers.

#scholarsunday APSA Good Authority (from the team that published TMC) womenalsoknowstuff Scholars Strategy Network (bsky: @scholars.org) Bridging the Gap

Come work with me on the econ team at Roosevelt Institute!

We’re hiring:
Principal Economist: PhD to lead our econ strategy
Director of Macro: Fill Mike Konczal’s big shoes
Director of Stratification Econ: Research race & gender power imbalances in our economy

rooseveltinstitute.org/careers/

🙌 Enhanced unemployment insurance benefits during the pandemic largely neutralized the inequality effects of the pandemic without affecting the job-search behavior of lower-income workers.

Important new findings from the San Francisco Fed:
x.com/theamarareport…

📢 OPEN POSITION 📢

Are you an early-to-mid-career development professional passionate about progressive economic policy? We're hiring a donor engagement manager to join the team.

Learn more about the position and apply today ⬇️ rooseveltinstitute.org/careers/?utm_c…

🎧 Must-listen episode on freedom, regulation, concentration, globalization & the #EconomicSeaChange underway.

Joining hosts Alice Fulwood Tom Lee-Devlin Mike Bird, Joseph E. Stiglitz shares how personal experiences and insights have shaped his worldview: x.com/theeconomist/s…

Regardless of which definition of full employment we go by, Black Americans have, at best, experienced it for only 1 single month since the 1950s.

In general, the rate of unemployment for Black Americans is often twice as much as that of white Americans. rooseveltinstitute.org/publications/c…

Biden in Racine today with a major industrial policy announcement.

New Microsoft 'datacenter will be built on the same land as a failed $10 billion investment from Taiwanese... Foxconn six years ago, which left behind Wisconsin residents and workers.'
whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…

Announced today❗The FDR Library is hosting a series of free
Memorial Day Weekend events May 25-May 27th.

Check out their events page to learn more ➡️ fdrlibrary.org/events-calendar

Due to shareholder primacy in the auto industry, unrestricted public investment won't ensure a swift transition to EVs

Lenore Palladino explains why we need corporate guardrails—especially in a sector that, after receiving public $, has clearly prioritized shareholders above all

'A coordinated minimum tax on the superrich will not fix capitalism. But it is a necessary first step.'

Gabriel Zucman explains why the wealthiest pay relatively so little in taxes & outlines what policies are needed to ensure they pay their fair share: nytimes.com/interactive/20…

Now available, the conversation I had with Natalie Foster and Felicia Wong, hosted by Roosevelt Institute, about our new books, The Road to Freedom (wwnorton.com/books/97813240…), and The Guarantee: Inside the Fight for America’s Next Economy. youtube.com/watch?v=bY0Yrs…