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Public Banking: Financial Infrastructure for Guaranteed Income and a Just Economy

  Guaranteed income—regular, unconditional cash payments designed to reduce economic insecurity—has emerged as one of the most promising pathways to abolish poverty in the United States. But as communities across the country pilot these programs, a major challenge remains: our current financial systems often fail the very people guaranteed income is meant to support. Enter public banking—a growing movement to ... Read More

Financialization in Healthcare: How Wall Street Payouts Threaten Our Health

Join us on February 24 at 3:00 pm ET for a discussion of new research on the trillions of dollars extracted from the healthcare system through financial engineering practices like stock buybacks, how this falls into a broader pattern of publicly traded companies prioritizing short-term shareholder payouts above all else, and the impact of these practices on workers, patients, and innovation.

ARPA Investments Building Toward an Equitable Economy: Envisioning an End to Medical Debt

Join us on Tuesday, January 28 at 10:00 AM PT / 1:00 pm ET for the second installment in our webinar series, “From Local Innovation to Systemic Change: ARPA Investments Building Toward an Equitable Economy.” Co-hosted by the Institute’s Budget Equity Project and the Health and Political Economy Project, this series will showcase ARPA-fueled policy movements that hold promise to drive large-scale policy shifts to increase economic and health equity. This conversation will feature a discussion on statewide policies, local organizing strategies, and the national paradigm shift we need to ensure all Americans can access care without fear of debt.

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