Government & Politics

Medicare Needs a Perspective on “Collective and Cumulative Learning” in Inflation Reduction Act Negotiations

The most crucial issue in European policy, and one on which no big party campaigned and no important public discussion took place, was the fiscal policy stance for the next few years.

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In the global super election year of 2024, populists are threatening to experience a new upswing almost everywhere – whether in the USA, the EU or in East Germany. What makes so many citizens so dissatisfied? What could help win people back and restore their trust in liberal democracy?

How have the macroeconomic problems in the US blinded many participants and observers to the actual state of the American economy as the election approaches?

The current paper returns to the key questions of wages and incomes and how wealth effects cripple reliance on interest rates to control inflation.

In a political system whose primary currency is not the vote but the dollar, McConnell’s role as leader has plainly been well-earned.

Experts are clear that working into old age often threatens the health and well-being of U.S. seniors.

Behind bogus promises of job creation and economic growth lies a dangerous agenda to shred social safety nets.

This year’s New Hampshire primary testifies to the disintegration of the Republican Party

Eric Laursen, author of The People’s Pension, explains to INET’s Lynn Parramore what’s at stake for Americans in a year of sneak attacks and misinformation.

Germany’s debt brake and EU fiscal rules will make it well neigh impossible for EU countries to fund the investments needed to decarbonize their economies.

In an exclusive interview, Benjamin Page discusses urgent reforms needed to tackle critical challenges, from undemocratic institutions to economic inequality.

Why did so many Dutch voters vote for the far-right Geert Wilders?

What sort of effective democratic political system does the United States want and need?