September/October 2025 Zohran Mamdani’s Bold Program for an Affordable New York City In a shocking upset, socialist Zohran Mamdani bested former governor Andrew Cuomo in the June 24 New York City mayoral Nick French Sep 13, 2025
Driving Off a Cliff? Donald Trump’s tariffs will make the U.S. auto industry less competitive and leave the industry out of step with the auto market's shift to EVs. Bill Barclay Sep 11, 2025
Left Hook Economics The Underestimated “Price of Parenting” Even a low-ball estimate of the cost of time shows just how misleading an estimate based only on money expenditures really is. Nancy Folbre Sep 9, 2025
Are We Better Off Than We Were 40 Years Ago? By Zoe Sherman Weighing increased per capita income against rising inequality, insecurity, burdens of work, and environmental degradation. | Read more » Why We All Need Affirmative Action By Jeannette Wicks-Lim Recent shootings of young black men sound the alarm for public policies that directly counter racist stereotypes. | Read more » U.S. Polluters Über Alles By John Miller The Wall Street Journal editors brush off climate activism. | Read more » Inequality in the World By Arthur Macewan Dear Dr. Dollar: Recently I have seen claims that the distribution of income in the world has become more equal. Is this true? | Read more » Subscribe Order this issue Available only in the print edition: Taming the Corporate Beast, Pt. 2 By Marianne Hill Let’s get democratic with new collaborative companies. | Order this issue or subscribe. the regulars editors’ note D&S at 40 the short run funny you should ask comment It’s About Ideas, Stupid! in review Atif Mian and Amir Sufi, House of Debt; Anat Admati and Martin Hellwig, The Bankers’ New Clothes economy in numbers Regulated vs. Neoliberal Capitalism 40th anniversary retrospective From 1974: What Good Is a Recession?