Left Hook Economics U.S. Imperialism and U.S. Capitalism The fundamental needs of U.S. capitalism have played a major role in motivating the U.S. government’s imperial actions. Arthur MacEwan Jan 28, 2026
January/February 2026 Trump’s Bifurcated Economy The labor market, economic growth, and the stock market part ways in today’s ever-more unequal economy. John Miller Jan 23, 2026
Left Hook Economics The U.S. Care Affordability Crisis Cuts in government spending and deportation threats against the workforce have sent costs soaring in daycare, eldercare, and long-term medical care. Nancy Folbre Jan 21, 2026
July/August 2024 Assessing Bidenomics Is the Biden administration’s economic policy a break with neoliberal orthodoxy, or more of the same? Nick French Jul 1, 2024
May/June 2024 One Year After the New York Nurses’ Strike, What Comes Next? Chronic short staffing is a common complaint of nurses working in U.S. hospitals—one that reflects a dangerous problem, Nick French May 1, 2024
May/June 2024 (Mostly) Useful Government Numbers The federal government generates millions of economic numbers in thousands of publications every year. Some of these publications can be Frank Stricker, with Illustrations by Kevin Moore May 1, 2024
