Pavlina Tcherneva at Bard College says that COVID provided an opportunity to rethink the labor market, health care and housing — but we missed that opportunity.
From the BBC World Service: The Japanese government begins a rare auction of its emergency rice stockpiles to drive down the surging price of the national staple.
!["[Net] wages haven't increased over the last 20 years" for middle- and low-income Americans, said Gene Ludwig. "For 60% of America, they've actually declined or been stagnant."](https://img.apmcdn.org/d466ab91bb772192040ac2b1dd9a8e953b12e2d8/uncropped/5f8679-2025-03-gettyimages-2183545773-scaled-e1741607942420-webp2000.webp)
