- Brad Plumer
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Brad Plumer is a reporter at the Washington Post writing about domestic policy, particularly energy and environmental issues.
How rising inequality can leave everyone worse off
The gains of the rich have come alongside losses for the middle class, researchers say.
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"We might be able to make better policy about marijuana if we giggled a little less."
IMF: Scrap $1.9 trillion in energy subsidies
The world spends $480 billion on direct energy subsidies. There's also another $1.4 trillion failing to account for all the damages from fossil fuels.
How rising inequality can leave everyone worse off
A new paper finds that as the rich get richer, the rest of America has been spending beyond its means just to keep up. One result? Lower savings and more bankruptcies.
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