By Rachel Goldfarb, originally published on Next New Deal
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An Incoherent Harper's Essay Suggests There's No Difference Between Obama and Republicans (TNR)
Roosevelt Institute Fellow Mike Konczal responds to Adolph Reed's piece on the exhaustion of liberals, arguing that the issues that drive liberals and the outcomes they seek easily distinguish them from conservatives.
The Inequality Puzzle (TAP)
Robert Kuttner asks how it's possible that intergenerational economic mobility has remained flat over the past 30 years rather than declining, and whether that fact is really worth celebrating.
What Talent Shortage? The Great American Brain Waste of Our Captive Labor Market (Pacific Standard)
Jim Russell sees an easy solution to any lack of skilled labor: policies, at work and in politics, that are more supportive of the groups whose talents are being wasted, namely women and immigrants.
My Life as a Retail Worker: Nasty, Brutish, and Poor (The Atlantic)
Joseph Williams writes about his experiences working at a sporting goods store after losing his job in journalism. He got first-hand experience in retail's wage theft and surveillance practices.
New on Next New Deal
The Progressive Caucus Budget Makes the Right Decisions
The budget shows that the country can afford to properly invest in job creation and achieve faster growth, says Roosevelt Institute Senior Fellow Jeff Madrick, Director of the Bernard L. Schwartz Rediscovering Government Initiative.
Quits Won't Tell Us Anything About the True Unemployment Rate (Vacancy Chains 1/2)
Mike Konczal argues that the interesting data from the quits rate is already represented in wage growth and the number of job openings relative to unemployment. We should be watching that data anyway.