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Why the Climate Crisis Is Also
the Crisis of Capitalism
YING CHEN AND GÜNEY IŞIKARA | September 9
The people in charge of our economic surplus—capitalists—seem unwilling to deploy that surplus for social purposes like a Green New Deal. | Read more »
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U.S. Agriculture Needs a 21st-Century New Deal
MAYWA MONTENEGRO, JOSHUA SBICCA,
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ANNIE SHATTUCK | August 26
A just transition requires a system-wide shift that cuts carbon emissions, reduces vulnerability to climate chaos, and prioritizes economic justice | Read more »
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Dangerous Talk on
Education and Economic Mobility
JOHN MILLER | August 14
Beyond the College Admissions Bribery Scandal. | Read more »
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With Foreign Trade, Are Progressives and Trump on the Same Page?
Arthur MacEwan | July 31
Dear Dr. Dollar: Given Trump's positions on issues like tariffs and trade agreements, are Trump and progressives on the same page on foreign trade? | Read more »
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Amazon’s New Jungle
STEVEN PRESSMAN | July 21
A review of Hired by James Bloodworth and Seasonal Associate by Heike Geissler. | Read more »
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The Optimal Tax
JOHN MILLER | June 25
Mainstream economics supports a 70% top income tax rate (or higher). | Read more »
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The Rocket Science of Sanitation
Abhilasha Srivastava | June 8
Understanding the plight of the Indian workers who are not considered workers. | Read more »
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Why Is the Economy Doing So Well?
Arthur MacEwan | May 30
First we should ask: Has the U.S. economy really been doing so well? | Read more »
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Traditional Measures of Unemployment
Are Missing the Mark
BY MARK PAUL | May 9
Puzzling through why, despite low unemployment, significant wage increases remain elusive. | Read more »
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May Day: The Workers’ Day!
BY GERALD FRIEDMAN | May 1
Our columnist Jerry Friedman on the history of International Workers' Day | Read more »
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Inequality, Sunk Costs, and Climate Justice
BY FRANK ACKERMAN | April 22
With climate change, we are all on the same boat, in perilous waters—but some of us have much nicer cabins than others. | Read more »
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Does U.S. Prosperity Depend on Exploitation?
By Arthur MacEwan | March 30
Dear Dr. Dollar: I regularly hear the claim that U.S. prosperity *depends* on exploiting poorer countries, but I have never once seen an actual argument for it. What is the support for this claim? | Read more »
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Can We Afford a Stable Climate?
FRANK ACKERMAN | March 12
Worst-Case Risks vs. Least-Cost Solutions | Read more »
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The Economics of Residential Rent Control
STEPHEN BARTON | March 1
A Not-So-Simple Matter of Supply and Demand | Read more »
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Top Eleven D&S Graphs of 2018
DOLLARS & SENSE | December 31
From deindustrialization to guard labor to the tepid global recovery, the best graphs (and scariest data) of 2018. With a nod to Nigel Tufnel, we’re cranking it up to eleven! Read more »
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Rosa Luxemburg and the Growth of the Labor Movement
Gerald Friedman | January 15, 2016
On the 97th anniversary of her death, an account of the importance of Luxemburg’s ideas for labor organizing. | Read more »
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Debt and Development
Alejandro Reuss | December 4, 2015
If debt is a “trap” for developing countries, is there any way around it? | Read more »
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Thirty Years of Farm Aid
CAROLYN MUGAR, RHONDA PERRY, ROGER ALLISON, AND DAVID SENTER | July 14, 2015
Reflections on Farm Aid by insiders as the organization supporting family farms celebrates its 30th anniversary. | Read more »
Earlier web-only articles, mostly on the financial crisis, dating back to December 2007.
