[NJFAC] Economic Populism Has Broad Appeal in the Rust Belt

Report: Economic Populism Has Broad Appeal in the Rust Belt By Editors [of Jacobin]

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An exhaustive new survey from the Center for Working-Class Politics and its partners finds that strong economic populism resonates across Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania — and that independent candidates outperform Democrats delivering the same message.....

Voter disillusionment with Democrats is more about failure and less about ideological extremism. Across Democrats, independents, and Republicans, many described the party as corrupt, out of touch, unwilling to fight for working people, and not a party for working people. While some of these critiques bled into broader claims that Democrats are focused on the wrong priorities, only small minorities cited "wokeness" or extremism (3% of Democrats, 11% of independents, and 19% of Republicans)....

The most popular economic policies are bold, tangible, and grounded in fairness — and can unite voters across class and partisan lines. Across twenty-five ranked proposals, policies that reduced costs, curbed corporate abuse, and held elites accountable (capping drug prices, taxing the wealthy, and even enacting a federal jobs guarantee) consistently performed best. Support for many of these policies cut across ideological and class divisions, highlighting the potential of economic populism to build the broad coalitions progressives need to win.....

Independent populist politics may offer a credible path forward. Across the four Rust Belt states we surveyed, 57% of respondents supported the creation of a new Independent Workers Political Association (IWPA), with especially strong enthusiasm among noncollege voters, renters, voters of color, and the economically insecure. The idea of an IWPA drew significant support from Republicans and independents as well — suggesting a realignment opportunity grounded in economic populism.....

You can read the full report here.

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[NJFAC] on market effects; Friedman on helping those in need

The Milton Friedman Question  good rundown on results of market dominance. below, a comment: https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/09/the-milton-friedman-question.html#comment-4290669

Michael Hudson: Milton Friedman was indeed a propagandist. Toward that end, he invited my then-boss, Herman Kahn, to join the UI/Chicago faculty around 1975. Herman was himself a great ideological salesman. (I learned a lot from him.)

When Herman and his wife Jane met with Friedman, Jane asked whether there weren't some services that were appropriate for government — such as protecting widows and orphans, or sick in need of medical help. Friedman replied: "Mrs. Kahn, why do you want to subsidize the supply of widows and orphans, or the sick?"
Herman decided not to go to Chicago, despite his ideological sympathy with Friedman.

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[NJFAC] top 400 richest Americans now taxed less than general population

Report shows top 400 richest Americans now taxed less than general population by Edward Lempinen, University of California - Berkeley https://phys.org/news/2025-09-richest-americans-taxed-general-population.html edited by Lisa Lock, reviewed by Andrew Zinin September 8, 2025

Total effective tax rates for the 400 wealthiest Americans have declined sharply in recent years, and they now pay a smaller percentage of their true income in taxes than the average American, according to new economic research from UC Berkeley.

For that highest cadre of the economic elite—the top 0.0002%—the effective tax rate fell from 30% in 2010–2017 to 23.8% in 2018–2020, says the new research. The wealthy paid lower overall taxes because they were able to shelter more of their business income from taxes, and on the income they did report, tax rates were lower, the authors said.

"When taking a comprehensive view of taxation and income, ultra-high-net-worth individuals appear less taxed than the average American," they concluded.

The findings were reported in "How Much Tax Do U.S. Billionaires Pay? Evidence from Administrative Data," a working paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research. The research was conducted by influential faculty economists Emmanuel Saez, Danny Yagan and Gabriel Zucman, and by UC Berkeley Ph.D. student Akcan S. Balkir....

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