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Street Smart Economics

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Street Smart Economics is a periodic series written for Street Roots by professors emeriti in economics. 

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Hands holding coins

Opinion | Guaranteed income can solve U.S. poverty

STREET SMART ECONOMICS | A team of researchers proposes the IRS make monthly payments to lower-income families to move every household above the poverty line
By
Mary King
July 7, 2021
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Black Lives Matter protest sign in a crowd

Opinion | Black Lives Matter protests have saved lives, study finds

STREET SMART ECONOMICS | This research legitimizes efforts in Portland and beyond to defund the police
By
Martin Hart-Landsberg
May 26, 2021
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Illustration of $100 bill with Benjamin Franklin winking

Opinion | IRS audits the poor, ignoring wealthy tax dodgers and big corporations

STREET SMART ECONOMICS | Investing in enforcement of tax laws could bring in over a trillion dollars in government revenue
By
Mary King
April 28, 2021
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act

Opinion | The failings of our unemployment insurance system are there by design

STREET SMART ECONOMICS | It is hard to celebrate a system that covers fewer than 30% of America’s jobless
By
Martin Hart-Landsberg
March 17, 2021
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The exterior of Amazon headquarters in Seattle

Opinion | Look to Washington state for ways to fund affordable housing

STREET SMART ECONOMICS | Prepare to step up locally, in case the feds don’t
By
Mary King
February 17, 2021
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The exterior of a Walmart store

Opinion | Big corporations offered pandemic hazard pay — until customers stopped paying attention

STREET SMART ECONOMICS | Most ended the additional pay for frontline retail workers before July
By
Martin Hart-Landsberg
January 13, 2021
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Oregon State Capitol

Opinion | Oregon lawmakers can ease economic inequality

STREET SMART ECONOMICS | The pandemic widened the gap between rich and poor, but the Legislature could provide remedies
By
Mary King
December 23, 2020
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Senior with hands folded

Opinion | Fewer deaths from COVID-19 among unionized nursing homes

STREET SMART ECONOMICS | By protecting themselves, workers can better protect the people they serve
By
Martin Hart-Landsberg
November 11, 2020
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Fist raised. Writing on wrist says: I can't breathe.

Opinion | Keeping people in their place: The economics of racial violence

STREET SMART ECONOMICS | Shifts in policy appear more possible now than they have in decades
By
Mary King
September 30, 2020
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Federal law enforcement create a barrier with Portland Police Bureau on July 21 in downtown Portland amid protests over police brutality.

Opinion | We must challenge militarism in efforts to defund police

U.S. defense spending and the resulting militarization of our nation’s police forces dwarf investments in actual needs, such as housing and social services
By
Martin Hart-Landsberg
August 6, 2020

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