# “Compensate the Losers?” Economic Policy and Partisan Realignment in the US  ## Metadata - Author:: [[Ilyana Kuziemko]] - Full Title:: “Compensate the Losers?” Economic Policy and Partisan Realignment in the US - Category: #articles - URL: https://www.nber.org/papers/w31794?utm_campaign=Hutchins%20Roundup&utm_medium=email&utm_content=279995237&utm_source=hs_email ## Highlights > We argue that the Democratic Party’s evolution on economic policy helps explain partisan realignment by education. We show that less-educated Americans differentially demand “predistribution” policies (e.g., a federal jobs guarantee, higher minimum wages, protectionism, and stronger unions), while more-educated Americans differentially favor redistribution (taxes and transfers). ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01he8dq19exvqfgc9k454mqpdf))