Think of the upcoming week as prelude to the big action: With both chambers of Congress now back in session, Democrats are getting ready for high-stakes votes on infrastructure and all Biden’s other domestic priorities. The window of opportunity is open — but it will shut remarkably quickly.

And if Biden fails, it won’t just be his agenda that fails. America could continue its vicious cycle of ever-growing wealth and power at the top — power that’s able to rig the rules of the political-economic game against almost everyone else.

Come read my full take on the week ahead (and the policy showdown in DC) in my new digital newsletter: https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-week-ahead-getting-ready.