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Of Myths and Markets: Moving Beyond the Capitalist God That Failed Us

NonProfit Quarterly

The National Association of Manufacturers, for example, saw its membership fall from over 5,000 businesses to fewer than 1,500. Little Myths on the Prairie As Quart points out, the stories children read influence the values they enact as adults.

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The Social Contract: What’s Missing in the “Historic” Biden Legislation?

NonProfit Quarterly

Research/development, manufacturing, workforce. Taxation is mildly deflationary, since, by definition, taxes reduce the money available for consumer purchases. Universal pre-kindergarten: A commitment of $200 billion over 10 years would have funded pre-kindergarten classes for three- and four-year-old children across the country.

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Corporate Capture—Can We Find a Way Out?

NonProfit Quarterly

The aircraft manufacturer Boeing, granted the authority by the Federal Aviation Administration in 2009 to self-certify compliance, uses that authority to cut regulatory corners—with tragic results. One heartbreaking example can be seen in how children are raised.

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The Break with Corporate Neoliberalism That Wasn’t—The Biden Years

NonProfit Quarterly

The number of children in poverty , according to US Census Bureau data, climbed from 5.2 Most notably, these included the initial 2021 American Rescue Plan COVID relief bill, the infrastructure bill , the climate bill ( Inflation Reduction Act ), and the CHIPS and Science Act (which subsidizes US-based semiconductor manufacturing).