A regressive tax could cover the deficit in Social Security reserves
to the editor: For employees, the Social Security tax is currently 6.2% for both the employee and the employer for…
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Coca-Cola maker to close major Southern California plant
A regional Coca-Cola maker will close a plant in Ventura after more than 100 years of production. Reyes Coca-Cola Bottling…
Contributor: Regardless of how you feel about their creator, TrumpIRAs are very necessary
As a progressive economist, I wrote a paper in 2021 with a generally conservative colleague, Kevin Hassett, who now heads…
Contributor: Why health care is so expensive in the United States and what to do about it
The United States healthcare system consistently ranks as the most expensive in the developed world. It is not expensive, as…
Apple, Google and others ask some foreign employees to avoid traveling outside the country
Big tech companies, including Apple, Google, Microsoft and ServiceNow, have warned employees with visas to avoid leaving the country amid…
Bracero Program should return, but in an improved version
October 14, 2025 8 a.m. Pacific Time to the editor: Texas Rep. Monica De La Cruz is to be congratulated…
Collaborator: Here we show you how to get GLP-1 medicines covered by employer's health insurance
While new obesity medications known as LPG-1 are only a tool to combat obesity and heart disease, they have changed…
Letters to the editor: a decent salary is not just an economic problem: it is a justice
To the editor: A decent salary is a problem of justice. This was proclaimed by Pope Leo XIII and has…
Trump deportations on collision course with California economy
This country has always had a hypocritical relationship with the undocumented workers who keep America's agriculture, construction, and hospitality industries…
Why grade inflation is spreading from high school to college
This may seem incredibly old-fashioned, but I still like the idea that education is about learning: facts, skills, concepts, research,…