Search Results for: "Steven Pressman"
After Covid-19: A Policy Blueprint
by Steven Pressman | Jun 20, 2020 | CoronavirusMajor crises bring lasting change. We should expect no less from the Covid-19 depression. The only question is what kind of change we will get. The New Deal gave us Social Security, unemployment insurance, and infrastructure construction. Soldiers re…
Great Depression II or Great Federal Debt
by Steven Pressman | May 19, 2020 | Coronavirus, EconomyThinking several steps ahead prepares us for the future; not doing so invites failure. The inability to think ahead has turned a global health crisis into an economic crisis for the United States and a political crisis for President Trump. Currently…
Covid-19 Presents a Unique Set of Economic Challenges to Policymakers
by Steven Pressman | Apr 30, 2020 | Coronavirus, EconomyAs I write this, there have been more than 336,000 reported cases of the coronavirus in the United States, and over 9,600 have died from it. Some experts contend that, in the worst possible case scenario, the virus is capable of killing as many as th…
Debt Wrong: Dealing With College Costs and the College Debt Crisis
by Steven Pressman | Feb 12, 2020 | Economy…ignore this surging problem any longer. Steven Pressman is professor of economics at Colorado State University, author of Fifty Major Economists, 3rd edition (Routledge, 2013) and Understanding Piketty’s Capital in the 21st Century (Routledge, 2015),…
Tax Policy Options for the Next Administration
by Steven Pressman | Jan 19, 2020 | EconomyThe Democrats running for president all promise large spending programs if elected—Medicare for All (or for all who want it), free or cheap college, infrastructure development, and (for Andrew Yang) a $12,000 annual income grant. Given the interest g…
Bad Faith Documentary
Bad Faith
“A great and powerful and timely film” – Ken Burns
Critics are raving about BAD FAITH, the sensational expose of Christian Nationalism from directors Stephen Ujlaki and Chris Jones
“One of the Ten Best Films of 2024” – Variety