Economic insecurity is rampant in the United States. A program of universal grocery subsidies could help working-class families deal with the cost of living — and be wildly popular.

Economic insecurity is rampant and devastating. In Canada, a minimum-wage worker working full-time cannot afford a one-bedroom apartment in fifty-three of the country’s sixty-two urban regions. In the UK, 74 percent of parents find it difficult to meet childcare costs, and 10 percent are food insecure. In the United States, things are even worse: 770,000 people experience homelessness every night, and 40 percent of households are only three paychecks away from falling below the poverty line.

Not only is economic insecurity devastating to people’s lives — it is also a major force spurring the expansion of the

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