Lincoln’s economic philosophy rested on what he called “free labor” or the belief that all honest work deserves dignity, opportunity and reward. He viewed invention and labor not as opposing forces but as partners in progress.

Rebuilding the practice uniting power, production and policy. Imagination and dreams lead to ambitions oriented toward a horizon vision. The Political Economy Project was born from decades of wondering why the world is the way it is and, more importantly, how we can make it better. The Fracture At the University of Michigan, where I studied political science and philosophy, I noticed something strange. Politics and economics were treated as separate planets orbiting different

“Look at economics from the standpoint of the ability to increase the potential relative population density the number of people that you...

“There's still people on social media who say, ‘You know, we should just shut up and suck it up. We can get through the winter, even if...

“Workers increase their standard of living and increase their wages through the class struggle, but there's limits to what that can bear...

David Riemer is author of Putting Government In Its Place: The Case for a New Deal 3.0. He is also the author of The Prisoners of...

Chris Blackwood is co-founder of Grassroots Comedy DC (GCDC), which sits at the crossroads of comedy and advocacy, to make humans laugh...

The University of Maryland School of Public Policy Alumni Board's video and podcast series called Policy Dialogues discusses current...

Robert Kuttner is co-founder and co-editor of The American Prospect and professor at Brandeis University’s Heller School. He is an author...

Dr. James C. Benton is the Director of the Race and Economic Empowerment Project at the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working...

The University of Maryland School of Public Policy Alumni Board's video and podcast series called Policy Dialogues discusses current...