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In a series of essays and a big presentation, Simon offers an explicit rebuttal to the core argument Trump is making about America and its decline, an argument which is malevolently selling America and its people short every day.
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Simon argues that the great rationale of Trump's Presidency – that America is in decline – simply isn't true, and must be challenged more forcefully. This is the piece that spurred the creation of NDN’s “Patriotism and Optimism” deck.
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The global system created by Presidents FDR and Truman has done more to create opportunity, reduce poverty and advance democracy than perhaps any other policies in history.
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Michael Scherer of Time reports on the influence Dr. Rob Shapiro's analysis has had on shaping recent thinking about how the American economy is changing.
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The more the world moves away from the simplicity of the Reagan moment the more angry and defiant the Republican offering is becoming.
Features
In a new series challenging Trump's economic policy, we argue that Americans are not better off after nearly two years of the Trump administration...
In a new series challenging Trump's tariffs, we argue that the President's trade policy is illegal, recklessly ignorant, damaging to the US...
The Caravan, composed of 3,000 poor, unarmed, mostly Honduran migrants, poses no threat to the US, and illegal border crossings continue to...
2018 was a very good election for the Democratic Party, the best for either party in 32 years. Important new leaders emerged, Trump/GOP saw their...
Recent Work
There is a growing body of evidence that Trump's tariffs are bringing unncessary harm to the US and global economies. It is time for these reckless policies to end - the next Congress should make rolling back these tariffs one of its highest priorities.
In 2018, Democrats had their largest popular vote margin over Republicans since 2006, and their highest percentage support since 1986. Alongside historic gains among all of the growing demographic groups, this election shows the strength of the emerging Democratic coalition.
Trump’s tax cut promised to boost growth by strengthening the labor market and investment, but today both metrics look very similar to their pre-tax cut trend. Instead, the deficit has surged to unprecedented levels and rapidly increasing interest rates are hurting ordinary Americans.
Democrats have been raising a lot of money this cycle. This is not just about fear of Trump - it is about the broad adoption of a more authentic people based politics suited for the digital age championed by Dean, Obama and yes even Trump himself.
Trump’s trade policies are hurting the Iowa economy. His tariffs are unpopular there, and his party is performing badly in the fall elections. Some thoughts on what this means for the Democratic presidential race starting soon.
Some recent data from Pew Research suggests pace of erosion of TV, rise of digital is picking up, and 2018 likely to be first election more folks get their news online than from TV. Big implications for US politics.
Simon offers the idea of creating a new government department focused solely on job creation and skill acquisition.
Republicans had more than five times the audience than their debates received in 2008. Democrats did not top their 2008 totals.
