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What we know before the debate

Top line Vice President Kamala Harris is expected to discuss her economic policy proposals in her debate with former President Donald Trump on Tuesday night. The candidate calls for a middle-class-focused “opportunity economy” and released plans that include lowering food…

The Big Tech Government Plan – The American Perspective

If you’ve been following our coverage of the DNC this week, you know I’ve been documenting the difficulties the press faces in gaining access to events in the city where all sorts of corporations are plotting and scheming. Outlook has…

Kamala Harris just unveiled her economic plan to “lower the cost of living.” Would it work—and how does it compare to Trump’s?

Vice President Kamala Harris, the new Democratic presidential candidate, unveiled an aggressively populist economic program in a speech in North Carolina on Friday, with a focus on “lowering the cost of living.” In her speech, Harris went into real detail…

Harris unveils plan to curb price gouging, increase child tax credit and combat rent increases • Daily Montanan

WASHINGTON – Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris unveiled her first detailed economic policy proposal on Friday, outlining how she would mitigate rent increases, increase the number of first-time home buyers, end price gouging in grocery stores and increase the child…

Tax cuts, crypto and more • NC Newsline

Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson said in campaign ads focused on prices and the cost of living that North Carolina families “work too hard to make ends meet.” A three-page plan released by his campaign team this week offers a roadmap…

What 19th century entrepreneurs teach us about today’s economy

At Marketplace, we talk a lot about disaggregated economic data—that is, information about the economy broken down by categories like race, gender, age, and other variables. However, much of this data is relatively new. For example, it wasn’t until 1972…