Forging the New Consensus

Aside from the lies, hate, and riots.

Several forces are forcing global warming to take off. We're making plans for when political will finally does too.

Biden's expansion of protection for U.S. green industry is a good thing. Whining about China's strengths, however, is an embarrassing waste of time.

A comprehensive plan to build a clean economy that delivers prosperity for all

Having trouble imagining how the AI revolution will play out in the workplace? Here's a preview.

Yes, machines really are going to replace anyone who does their job on the Internet. Yes, it really will be the biggest economic and social revolution humans have ever faced. What is to be done?

Making U.S. vaccines available to all nations as fast as possible will require leadership that defies both progressive and conservative preferences.

Every industrialized nation got that way on purpose, with state-led investment a required piece of the process. The U.S. will not be able to get back to mass prosperity until we remember that.

Didn't we leave that behind in the 19th century?

The American Jobs Plan is historic in it's scale, but we can't pat ourselves on the back yet.

The failed campaign in Bessemer, Alabama, does not prove that workers don't want a union. It shows that workers see no logic in the labor movement's one-shop-at-a-time strategy.