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Reagan poses for a photo op after with a stack of tax cut legislation in 1981.

I Helped Create the GOP Tax Myth. Trump is Wrong: Tax Cuts Don’t Equal Growth.

The best growth in recent memory came after President Bill Clinton raised taxes in the ’90s.

by Bruce Bartlett via Washington Post on September 28, 2017

Puerto Rico Syllabus

Essential tools for critical thinking about the Puerto Rican debt crisis.

by Marisol LeBrón, Yarimar Bonilla, Sarah Molinari via Puerto Rico Syllabus on September 27, 2017

Mont Pelerin in Virginia

A new book on James Buchanan and public-choice theory explores the Southern roots of the free-market right.

by Kim Phillips-Fein via The Nation on September 7, 2017

Putin and Trump.

How a WWI-era Law Set the Stage for the Trump-Russia Controversy

And why Congress should do more to wrest back control of economic sanctions.

by Benjamin Coates via Made By History on July 31, 2017

The Incredible Lost History of How “Civil Rights Plus Full Employment Equals Freedom”

Why the policies of the Federal Reserve were a central focus for the civil rights movement.

by Jon Schwarz via The Intercept on July 17, 2017

Political cartoon depicting American colonies celebrating July 4th.

American Consumer Empire in Puerto Rico

Puerto Ricans were forced to become “Porto Ricans” – adopting Anglo customs while subsidizing American profits.

by William Horne via The Activist History Review on July 14, 2017

The Return of Monopoly

With Amazon on the rise and a business tycoon in the White House, can a new generation of Democrats return the party to its trust-busting roots?

by Matt Stoller via The New Republic on July 13, 2017

3 Ways to Think About the American Revolution

The complex combination of grievances that fueled the war had to do with taxes, class, and nationalism.

by Benjamin Studebaker via Benjamin Studebaker on July 5, 2017

The Democrats Are Eisenhower Republicans

For decades, Democrats have positioned themselves as fiscally responsible while Republicans happily hand tax cuts to the rich.

by Josh Mound via Jacobin on July 3, 2017

Donald Trump and Theresa May

Protectionism 100 Years ago Helped Ignite a World War. Could it Happen Again?

Abandoning free trade doesn't just hurt the economy. It threatens peace and stability across the globe.

by Marc-William Palen via Made By History on June 30, 2017

How our Appetite for Cheap Food Drove Rural America to Trump

Consumer demand and government policy decimated rural America.

by Benjamin Davison via Made By History on June 30, 2017

Roosevelt signing the Social Security Act.

This Amazing Woman is the Forgotten Architect of the American Social Security System

You can thank her for your retirement benefits.

by Stephanie Buck via Timeline on June 8, 2017

A painting of a "traditional" mid-20th century nuclear family.

All in the Family Debt

How neoliberals and conservatives came together to undo the welfare state.

by Melinda Cooper via Boston Review on May 31, 2017

Coretta Scott King.

Why Coretta Scott King Fought for a Job Guarantee

She saw economic precarity as not just a side effect of racial subjugation, but as central to its functioning.

by David Stein via Boston Review on May 16, 2017

NAFTA Policy Reveals a Distinction Between Trump, Ross Perot, and Patrick Buchanan

Trump has echoed the NAFTA policy of his politically upstart forbearers—mostly.

by Paul Adler via HNN on May 7, 2017

Political cartoon showing the effects of the recession, including idle ships, drunk men, and a woman and child begging a banker for mercy.

The Panic of 1837

A primary source set and teaching guide created by educators.

by Samantha Gibson via Digital Public Library of America on January 1, 2017

Political cartoon depicting Standard Oil as an octopus.

When Did Americans Stop Being Antimonopoly?

Columbia professor Richard R. John explains the history of U.S. monopolies and why antimonopoly should not be conflated with antitrust.

by Richard R. John, Asher Schechter via Pro-Market on November 21, 2016

How Democrats Killed Their Populist Soul

In the 1970s, a new wave of post-Watergate liberals stopped fighting monopoly power. The result is an increasingly dangerous political system.

by Matt Stoller via The Atlantic on October 24, 2016

Portrait of Alexander Hamilton

The Hamilton Cult

Has the celebrated musical eclipsed the man himself?

by Robert Sullivan via Harper’s on October 1, 2016

Why Did White Workers Leave the Democratic Party?

Historian Judith Stein debunks liberal myths about racism, the New Deal, and why the Democrats moved right.

by Judith Stein, Connor Kilpatrick via Jacobin on September 6, 2016

A reenactment of a Revolutionary War battle.

Placing the American Revolution in Global Perspective

Why did the American Revolution succeed while other revolutions in the same time period did not?

by Steven Pincus via Age of Revolutions on June 20, 2016

Andrew Jackson was A Slaver, Ethnic Cleanser, and Tyrant

Andrew Jackson deserves nothing but contempt from modern America, not a place on our currency.

by Dylan Matthews via Vox on April 20, 2016

Ross Perot speaking in front of a banner opposing NAFTA.

End of the End of History, Redux

Remember Perot?

by Frank Guan via n+1 on March 24, 2016

How the Rivalry Between Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton Changed History

Read an excerpt from TIME's special edition about Alexander Hamilton.

by John Ferling via TIME on February 15, 2016

The Twin Insurgency

The postmodern state is under siege from plutocrats and criminals who unknowingly compound each other’s insidiousness.

by Nils Gilman via The American Interest on June 15, 2014

Map of Mexico

Birth of a Trade War

The Mexican origins of the birth control pill, and the trade dispute with the U.S. it generated.

via BackStory on January 7, 2014

Sign saying "WHIP INFLATION NOW" with image of Uncle Sam whipping a personification of inflation

The Rise of Inflation

Understanding how inflation came to be a mainstay in modern economics.

by Rebecca L. Spang via Cabinet on June 14, 2013

Graphic of NRA Blue Eagle, circa. 1933.

The Other NRA (Or How the Philadelphia Eagles Got Their Name)

Before it ubiquitously meant the National Rifle Association, the NRA had a very different meaning.

by Rebecca Onion via Slate on May 22, 2013

Tales of Brave Ulysses

Ulysses S. Grant was overlooked by historians and underestimated by contemporaries. H.W. Brands reevaluates Grant’s presidency.

by H. W. Brands via Lapham’s Quarterly on October 1, 2012

Trucks and cars moving on the highway

Keep on Truckin’

The road to right-wing deregulation began on our nation's highways.

by Matthew D. Lassiter via Democracy Journal on December 10, 2008

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