The Roosevelt Institute is glad that the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection is considering adding rules to ensure that consumers can easily cancel subscriptions and are not subject to decept...

In order to understand how to evaluate the coming deluge of tax policy proposals, we must engage in a deeper question: how our tax code structures the very foundations of our economy and democracy.

Meta is exploiting a lucrative tax break intended to support research and experimentation. Its own accountants say the gambit is risky.

The Good Life Agenda shows what our economy and democracy could look like if all of us had access to the building blocks of economic security and prosperity, and how we can get there.

Cook anticipates that productivity gains will provide modest disinflation within the next few years.

The conventional story says young men are being left behind. But employment data tell a more complicated story: older men and young women have seen some of the largest declines since early 2025.

In a new analysis, Rachel Funk Fordham examines the 15-year legacy of Citizens United, assessing its impact on democracy through new evidence and political science research and offering recommendation...

Donors pour more than $200 million into supporting and opposing the billionaire tax measures on the ballot, with more to come in the weeks before the Nov. 3 election.

Universal child care appeals to the party's cosmopolitan base—but not to most of the country.

Dive into what NYC can do to advance affordability for working families during the rise of AI and corporate consolidation.

While some New Yorkers see their fortunes rise, most aren’t getting a cut, as the cost of food, rent, and other necessities climbs faster than their salaries can keep up. City Comptroller Mark Levine ...

Media concentration. AI self-regulation. Prediction-market loopholes. This week’s Roosevelt Rundown shows why democratic oversight matters

Kathryn Anne Edwards explains how wage inequality and economic mismanagement weakened Social Security—and what the next reform must get right before 2032.

On behalf of Social Security, of course

Mortgage refinancing can save homeowners thousands annually—but low- and moderate-income borrowers face steep barriers. This report examines the inequities in refinancing participation and proposes st...

The average rate on a 30-year mortgage in the United States jumped to 7.03 percent, putting pressure on housing affordability.

Join Paul Osterman and Roosevelt Institute economist Michael Madowitz for a conversation on how employment has changed, why more workers face insecurity and fewer benefits, and what policies could str...

Bilal Baydoun, Shahrzad Shams, and Victor Pickard trace the roots of the US media crisis to decades of deregulation and commercial capture, outlining how consolidation, news deserts, and platform domi...

A cash injection from SpaceX billionaire Elon Musk could reduce investor Larry Ellison’s financial burden and bolster the deal’s investor base.

Prediction markets increasingly resemble gambling but operate under far fewer protections. Brad Lipton explains what federal rules leave out and why state gambling laws offer a stronger baseline.

States are expanding public childcare through broader subsidies, investments in the childcare workforce, coordinated governance, capital funding, and community engagement. This brief examines Connecti...

States are expanding public childcare through broader subsidies, investments in the childcare workforce, coordinated governance, capital funding, and community engagement. This brief examines Connecti...

One year after the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, Noa Rosinplotz examines how tax cuts for the wealthy have increased inequality and weakened American democracy.

The tax cuts in President Trump’s signature achievement were the Republicans’ answer to voters’ economic struggles, but its health care and food assistance cuts are taking a toll.

Graham Steele looks to lessons from financial regulation to examine whether self-regulatory organizations can help govern AI—and where democratic oversight must take the lead.

AI companies are sounding the alarm about the technology they’re building—and asking for more room to regulate themselves. Elizabeth Wilkins argues that real AI safety requires something different: pu...

It is up to all of us, through our government, to shape what A.I. becomes.

Learn about the Fair Share Tax (FAST), a practical, constitutionally sound plan to tax the ultrarich, close loopholes, and prevent dynastic wealth accumulation.

Progressive laureates say November ballot measure could ‘start reining in the power’ of ultra-wealthy

DoorDash agreed to a $131.5 million settlement with the city for failing to pay workers' wages.

Prediction markets offering contracts on virtually every topic—from sports and politics to weather and current events—are one of the fastest-growing industries in the United States. Their spreading po...

Prediction markets increasingly resemble gambling but operate under far fewer protections. Brad Lipton explains what federal rules leave out and why state gambling laws offer a stronger baseline.

Bilal Baydoun, Shahrzad Shams, and Victor Pickard trace the roots of the US media crisis to decades of deregulation and commercial capture, outlining how consolidation, news deserts, and platform domi...

The top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee on ​Tuesday asked Paramount CEO David Ellison if he or the company were ‌pressuring CBS News to air content sought by President Donald Trump.

Paramount Skydance Corp. has reached a settlement with California and other states suing to block its proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery Inc., according to a person familiar with the matte...

To defend markets from radicals on the left and the right, it’s time to arm ourselves with a new economics.

Dive into what NYC can do to advance affordability for working families during the rise of AI and corporate consolidation.