Economy

Could public investment in a super-fast internet infrastructure be a key piece of a national economic-revival strategy?

Missed this? Over the last generation, U.S. economic life has undergone a pair of parallel transformations: greater pressure on both parents to work full-time in order to provide a “middle-class” life for their families, together with a reshaping of the rules governing the economy often propelled by free market principles. So Remapping Debate spoke with a range of right-leaning policy thinkers to ask about the economic pressures facing families. What, if anything, could be done about it?

Miss this when it was first reported? What if, instead of persistently undercutting each other, states banded together in interstate agreements? What if they agreed on a common floor for environmental or business regulations? What if states agreed not to fish for jobs in their neighbor’s pond, or sought region-wide revenue increases that would eliminate the fear of being left behind or outgunned?

Did you miss this when it was first reported? With 78 million Baby Boomers heading into retirement over the next 20-plus years, how will cuts in guaranteed monthly pension benefits to both public and private sector workers — in addition to those that have already been implemented — affect the ability of future retirees to engage in economy-sustaining consumer spending?

Next month, voters in some New Jersey towns will decide whether to raise their own property taxes beyond a state-mandated two percent cap or to continue to cut services. But are those really the only two choices?

How "good" is Mississippi, really?

How "good" is Mississippi, really?