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.

The US once had dozens of income tax brackets. Samarth Gupta argues that restoring more brackets at the top would better address today’s extreme income inequality, raise revenue, and give policymakers...

Three Roosevelt resident authors explain how to restore the wage base, reach income beyond payroll taxes, and close gaps that allow labor income to escape Social Security contributions.

The proposed benefit, a top policy priority for Vice President JD Vance, would apply only to married couples and tap a fund intended to provide federal child care subsidies to working parents.

One in six parents—and more than one in four mothers—had childcare disrupt their work. Reliable care gives families more choice and economic security.

New York City provided four hours of free babysitting to hundreds of families. Parents used the time to reconnect with each other and to tackle chores uninterrupted.

The fiscal panic around Social Security is missing a big part of the story: rising inequality and income escaping taxation. Policymakers can raise revenue and strengthen Social Security without cuttin...

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

The first store won't open until 2027, but the mayor is seeking help now from grocers.

Markets alone cannot deliver decarbonization. Daniel Driscoll explains why the green transition requires capable states that can govern, finance, innovate, and protect people at the same time.

In our first installment of How Childcare Happens: Lessons from Frontline Implementers series, we speak with one of those experts: Kristin Spanos, Chief Executive Officer at First 5 Alameda and the ad...

When income inequality is high, Congress passes fewer economic laws, and the gridlock itself makes inequality worse. A new Roosevelt Institute paper explains the structural reasons why.

Patrick Oakford proposes raising the minimum wage to 2/3 of median earnings ($20 per hour by 2030), implementing just-cause protections, and expanding wage theft enforcement to restore economic securi...

In this brief describing the state of the labor force, Oskar Dye-Furstenberg analyzes the deepening “k-shaped” economy. His research shows that service industries drive 80% of GDP, and future job grow...

This report by Todd Tucker and Oskar Dye-Furstenberg examines US manufacturing’s evolving role, highlighting its continued importance for innovation, productivity, and exports despite a declining shar...

As a surprising new World Bank report further mainstreams industrial policy, the debate over incorporating labor standards persists.

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.

Free child care is starting to take root in the US. But is it good for kids?

Email from Workplace Justice Lab The impact, organizing response and lessons on the Minneapolis ICE siege   The Month in Review: Minneapolis by Janice Fine   This month’s newsletter focuses on the ICE

The choice ends a monthslong search for a successor to Jerome Powell, who has resisted fierce White House pressure to lower interest rates.