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Thomas I. Palley

Thomas I. Palley is an independent economist in Washington D.C.

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during a news conference at his New Hampshire headquarters, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020 in Manchester, N.H. (Amanda Marcotte)

Bernie’s no radical: his agenda harks back to the framing of the U.S. constitution

Thomas I. Palley
In this Friday, Feb. 17, 2017, photo, an American flag hangs on the front of the New York Stock Exchange. Global stock markets traded in fairly narrow ranges Tuesday, Feb. 28, as investors awaited a speech by President Donald Trump to both houses of Congress that could have a major bearing on the outlook for all types of financial assets in the near-term. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan) (AP)

A stock market boom is not the basis of shared prosperity

Thomas I. Palley