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Natalie Foster

@nataliefoster.bsky.social
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Economic Security Project cofounder. Aspen Institute Future of Work Initiative Senior Fellow. “The Guarantee” is my 3rd child

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Natalie Foster @nataliefoster.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Affordability Is a Winning Message for Democrats. But There’s an Even Better One. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/o...
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Opinion | Affordability Is a Winning Message for Democrats. But There’s an Even Better One.
If Democrats can embrace what affordability is really about, they might do even more than win elections.
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Natalie Foster @nataliefoster.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Economic security shouldn’t be a lottery. Join @aspeneop.bsky.social on Oct. 7 for a virtual talk with @arindube.bsky.social and Carrie Joy Grimes on how pairing labor-market reform and practical financial tools can help working families build lasting security. as.pn/buildingeconomicsecurity
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Building Economic Security: A Book Talk with Arindrajit Dube and Carrie Joy Grimes
Economic security shouldn't be a lottery. Yet for millions of working families, stagnant wages and precarious jobs collide with the daily grind of managing money on shaky ground — leaving stability fe...
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Mike Konczal @mtkonczal.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I did a big dive to see if I could literally find any labor market variable that was better for native-born workers now than it was in 2024, and couldn't find anything. And, well, nothing. Here are the ten biggest misses, but there's so many more. newsletter.mikekonczal.com/p/can-we-fin...
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Can We Find Literally Any Sign Deportations Are Helping Native-Born Workers?
Shoot the moon! Ten hypotheses, ten charts, and no payoff for native-born workers.
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Natalie Foster @nataliefoster.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Climate finance from “emergency” to “guarantee” ➡️ How new framing and ultra-long term bonds could better align the timing of climate change’s costs and benefits to build more voter support for climate action today. Great piece by Noah Deich substack.com/home/post/p-...
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Climate finance from “emergency” to “guarantee”
How new framing and ultra-long term bonds could better align the timing of climate change’s costs and benefits to build more voter support for climate action today
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Natalie Foster @nataliefoster.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
We can’t just return to the status quo ante. Paradoxically, we’ll need a federal government with both more power and less writes @ksabeelrahman.bsky.social democracyjournal.org/magazine/78/...
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The Next Progressive State
We can’t just return to the status quo ante. Paradoxically, we’ll need a federal government with both more power and less.
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Natalie Foster @nataliefoster.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
“when the economy fails the people, many become willing to gamble with their freedom.” time.com/article/2026...
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To Save Democracy, We Need to Reimagine the Economy
“When people have a stake in the economy, they gain a stake in the system,” writes Sarita Gupta.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
It is the best of who I am, who I really am, with the people who get the real me. Thanks for sharing, Natalie.
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Natalie Foster @nataliefoster.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The sophistication of collectivity and lineage of “publicness” forged in the south … I can’t recommend this convo between @tressiemcphd.bsky.social and Aisha Nyandoro enough 🎧🎧🎧 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
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Everyone’s Doing the South with Tressie McMillan Cottom
Podcast Episode · Bless Your Heart · September 10 · 56m · Video
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Natalie Foster @nataliefoster.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Support growing for baby bonds - an inheritance guarantee - across the political spectrum. Congrats on the incredible work @racepowerpolicy.org @darrickhamilton.bsky.social www.urban.org/urban-wire/m...
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More Than 75 Percent of Americans Now Support Baby Bonds—an Increase from 2025
Support grew across political affiliations and income groups, signaling broad interest in asset-building policies for children.
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Natalie Foster @nataliefoster.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Childcare. Healthcare. Groceries. Gas. Every essential costs more. @economicsecurityproject.org launched the Affordability Dashboard - a live, interactive tool designed to reflect the multitude of economic pressures facing Americans in real time. economicsecurityproject.org/resource/aff...
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Affordability Dashboard
Childcare. Healthcare. Groceries. Gas. Every essential costs more since the pandemic.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Republican Max Miller says he will not drop out of the OH-7 House race despite the domestic abuse allegations against him.
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Robert Principe @whiteguychange.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
I'm studying "The Guarantee: Inside the Fight for America’s Next Economy" by @nataliefoster.bsky.social. Natalie states "Our continuing challenge as a country is to overcome White resistance to true economic and democratic citizenship for all." One word: BAM!! #Equity nataliefoster.me/the-guarantee/
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The Guarantee - Natalie Foster - The Guarantee
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Natalie Foster @nataliefoster.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Future of Work Reporting Fellowship at @newamerica.org - for those who are telling the stories that shape economic opportunity in America ✍️ newamerica.smapply.org/prog/future_...
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Future of Work Reporting Fellowship - New America
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Natalie Foster @nataliefoster.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
It was an honor to be in convo with you @mayboeve.bsky.social - thanks for having me. 🎙️
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Natalie Foster @nataliefoster.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
💊🇺🇸 @groundwork.bsky.social and Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator are proposing “AmericaRx” — a network of publicly owned pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities to break monopoly pricing and deliver affordable, life-saving medicine to patients: groundworkcollaborative.org/work/america...
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AmericaRx: Manufacturing Affordable Drugs in the Public Interest - Groundwork Collaborative
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Natalie Foster @nataliefoster.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
The pharmacy benefit manager cartel drives up drug prices while patients pay the cost. @groundwork.bsky.social and VPA have a fix: a public option for pharmacy benefits with transparent pricing: groundworkcollaborative.org/work/cutting...
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Cutting Out the Middleman: A Public Option for Pharmacy Benefits - Groundwork Collaborative
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
We’re the bad guys.
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Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
What an absolute disgrace. A FIFA-certified referee being denied entry to the United States purely because he is Somali. The World Cup is meant to bring people together. This is racism, plain and simple. Shameful. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
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World Cup 2026: Somali referee Omar Artan to miss tournament after being barred from entering US
Omar Artan, who was set to be the first Somali to referee at the World Cup finals, is dropped from the list of officials after he was denied entry to the United States.
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Natalie Foster @nataliefoster.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
We Are Sliding Back Into the Middle Ages www.nytimes.com/2026/05/17/o...
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Opinion | We Are Sliding Back Into the Middle Ages
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Natalie Foster @nataliefoster.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
1/ Policy is downstream of culture. That's something I've believed for a long time — and sitting down with comedian, director, and Emmy and Peabody winner @wkamaubell.bsky.social at Guaranteed Income Now in Austin, TX last week, he gave me a sharper way to say it:
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Roosevelt Institute @rooseveltinstitute.org · 12/05/2026
In Atlanta last month, we asked local leaders what a #GoodLife means to them. Their answers were clear: Affordable and quality housing. Access to healthcare. Jobs with dignity. And above all: more time with family and less time stretched thin trying to make everything work. 📹
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Natalie Foster @nataliefoster.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
If you read one thing about AI this week, make it this, from @eli.bsky.social and @newpublic.org newpublic.org/afterthefeed
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New_ Public | After the Feed
What happens after the social media feed? A presentation on the future of conversation, community, and social connection, and how AI will affect the everyday lives of billions.
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economicsecurity.bsky.social @economicsecurityproject.org · 12/05/2026
1/ $160 and 9 hours. That’s what filing taxes costs the average American, not in taxes, in fees to private companies that have spent decades lobbying to keep the system complicated. 🧵⬇️ 🔗 economicsecurityproject.org/resource/the...
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The Future of Tax Filing - Economic Security Project
Table of Contents Chapter 1: The story of Direct File and tax access reform in the Biden Administration Chapter 2: Direct File and data import / pre-population Chapter 3: Direct File and tax scope Cha...
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Natalie Foster @nataliefoster.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
1/ Last week, under the shadow of the Michigan state capitol, I gave a keynote address to the hundreds of people gathered to ask a question 250 years in the making: Are we fulfilling the promise of democracy in America?
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MichLeague.bsky.social @michleague.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Keynote @nataliefoster.bsky.social opened her speech with an analogy from Ada Limon of "unsung third stanzas" in American "songs" for democracy. "The promise was work hard, play by the rules and the country will reward you. But that unsung stanza is unless you are born into poverty." #mlppforum
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Eddie Manuszak (he/him), PhD @manuszakedward.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
On Thursday, April 30, Kim Warren and I attended @michleague.bsky.social 2026 Public Policy Forum! A day dedicated to being in community with so many others! TY @nataliefoster.bsky.social for your book! Let’s continue to make #EarlyChildhoodMatterMost #AASAEarlyEd #TeamWISD
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Natalie Foster @nataliefoster.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
1/ I’ve been working with cash transfers for over a decade and one of the questions I repeatedly get asked is: Wouldn’t giving people cash disincentivize work?
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Natalie Foster @nataliefoster.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
1/ This week the @workingfamilies.org launched the Working Families Guarantee: a bold agenda built on the conviction that in the wealthiest country in history, everyone should be able to afford the basics.
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popeconomy.bsky.social @popeconomy.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
your annual tax season reminder that filing your taxes could be way easier and more affordable - if it weren't for corporations spending millions on lobbying to keep the system deliberately confusing. this is why we can't have nice things.
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Natalie Foster @nataliefoster.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Great work by @rooseveltinstitute.org @elizabethwwilkins.bsky.social rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
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The Public Options Tool Kit: Ensuring Access, Public Value, and Accountability in the Economy
Market-only solutions aren't enough. Suzanne Kahn shows how "Public Options" can fix our cost-of-living crisis and put people over corporate profits.
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Natalie Foster @nataliefoster.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
1/ In a media ecosystem that rewards clickbait, doomscrolling, and outrage, people are desperately craving hope grounded in real solutions. That was one of the main takeaways from our content creator convening in Venice, CA, last week.
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Natalie Foster @nataliefoster.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
A public option for inhalers is coming, thanks to California: calrx.ca.gov/albuterol/
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Albuterol - CalRx
School Albuterol Access Initiative In partnership with the California Department of Public Health’s (CDPH) Office of School Health, CalRx® plans to launch a centralized ordering system to supply California’s TK–12 schools with albuterol inhalers and single-use disposable spacers at no cost over a three-year period beginning in Summer 2026. Product will be shipped directly to […]
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Natalie Foster @nataliefoster.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
New ways of thinking about Guarantees: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/30/o...
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Opinion | Democrats Need a New Promise: A House by 30
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TechEquity @techequity.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
1) When we outsource what makes us human—our ability to think, learn, and love—to technology, that’s a political, economic, and spiritual collapse waiting to happen. @nataliefoster.bsky.social @economicsecurityproject.org
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MichLeague.bsky.social @michleague.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
We're thrilled to have @nataliefoster.bsky.social co-founder of the Economic Security Project, as this year's keynote speaker for the 2026 Public Policy Forum. 📅 Register before 4/24: bit.ly/2026mlppforum 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Join our growing list of sponsors: bit.ly/4jFL6w5
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Natalie Foster @nataliefoster.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
The Affordable Care Act is turning 16 years old, despite all odds. Let me tell you a story. 1/ Sixteen years ago, I was leading the digital team at Organizing for America, President Obama’s grassroots organizing arm.
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Natalie Foster @nataliefoster.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
The Trump admin needs to stop playing games with travel and disaster response, and support the Democrats' bill to fund TSA and FEMA without sending additional money to ICE or CBP, which still have $150 billion in unspent funding from the 2025 Reconciliation bill. www.ms.now/news/dhs-ice...
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DHS still has $150 billion to spend on Trump’s deportation campaign
Less than a year after Republicans approved $191 billion for immigration enforcement, the vast majority remains unspent — even as the administration pushes to build detention facilities and ramp up ar...
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Long overdue www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/t...
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Meta and YouTube Found Negligent in Landmark Social Media Addiction Case
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Hello? www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/u...
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Trump, Who Calls Mail-in Voting ‘Cheating,’ Just Voted by Mail
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Natalie Foster @nataliefoster.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Today I pre-ordered Protest: Respect It, Defend It, Use it, by Annie Leonard and Andre Carothers #patagoniabooks www.theprotestbook.com
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PROTEST: Respect It, Defend It, Use It
Lifelong activists Annie Leonard and André Carothers celebrate the power of peaceful protest and encourage readers to protect this essential democratic right.
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Roosevelt Institute @rooseveltinstitute.org · 19/03/2026
The US “social safety net” wasn’t designed just as emergency aid. Under FDR’s New Deal, it was a power-balancing project meant to give ordinary people the economic freedom needed for democracy to function. Our new paper from Jamie Keene explains why we’ve lost that vision and how to rebuild it. 🧵
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Natalie Foster @nataliefoster.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
"Politicians need to learn the lessons of hundreds of years of infrastructure policy and once again embrace the role of government in providing high-quality infrastructure." @ganeshsitaraman.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/o...
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Opinion | This Is Why Flying Is So Awful
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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
None of this is funny. Just a total embarrassment. It feels like every day he's the president the stakes become more existential. That no Republican will even talk about impeachment or the 25th Amendment is a damning indictment and proof that none of them are fit for office.
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
3000 No Kings events. That’s because America is at an inflection point. Communities are hurting. People are afraid, and they can’t afford the basics. 3,000 No Kings events are already planned across the country & more are being added every day. That’s people power. www.nokings.org/news/over-30...
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Natalie Foster @nataliefoster.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
"Imagine the internet is a toll road everyone must use. Then, one day, the toll road decides to start its own trucking company. That’s what massive online platforms like Google and Apple are doing, said @teriolle.bsky.social of @economicsecurity.us" www.courthousenews.com/california-s...
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California senator seeks law to fight anti-competitiveness of Big Tech
The Blocking Anticompetitive Self-preferencing by Entrenched Dominant platforms (BASED) Act would impose restrictions on large platforms like Google and Apple.
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Natalie Foster @nataliefoster.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Brilliant www.allure.com/story/planne...
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You Can Now Get Botox at Planned Parenthood
The largest affiliate of the women's health care provider needs the cash to keep its doors open.
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Natalie Foster @nataliefoster.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Trump’s surge of immigration enforcement officers in Minneapolis was a test case for something much larger: how far federal power could be pushed inside American cities. 👌 piece by @jehaby.bsky.social and mayor Jacob Frey: www.ms.now/opinion/minn...
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Opinion | Minneapolis resisted Trump — and showed other cities how to do the same
Mayor Jacob Frey and Jill Habig: We urge every mayor in America to pay attention.
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Natalie Foster @nataliefoster.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
💡 A fresh brief from @economicsecurityproject.org shows what the evidence is actually telling us about guaranteed income (GI) and work — and it debunks common myths with real data from California’s pilots: economicsecurityproject.org/resource/gua...
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Guaranteed Income and Employment in California - Economic Security Project
Guaranteed Income and the Affordability Crisis Guaranteed income (GI) provides regular, unconditional cash payments to individuals and families, offering them more resources and agency to make decisio...
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Natalie Foster @nataliefoster.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Guaranteed income + employment. Great brief on what the data shows from the @economicsecurityproject.org team. economicsecurityproject.org/resource/gua...
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Guaranteed Income and Employment in California - Economic Security Project
Guaranteed Income and the Affordability Crisis Guaranteed income (GI) provides regular, unconditional cash payments to individuals and families, offering them more resources and agency to make decisio...
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Natalie Foster @nataliefoster.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Interesting event 🚨 at Cal on 3/10 besi.berkeley.edu/event/what-d...
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What do the rich owe the rest of us?: A conversation on taxation and democracy
Panelists Brian Galle, Professor of Law, UC Berkeley Ray Madoff, Professor, Boston College Law School Emmanuel Saez, Professor of Economics, UC Berkeley Vanessa Williamson, Senior Fellow, Brookings In...
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