May/June 2015

Game Changers: Economic Policies for a Working America

The Political Economy Research Institute’s new initiative brings together economists and practitioners to develop transformative but practical policies for a fairer, greener, and more democratic economy.

Land Reform

Jawied Nawabi

This primer explains why land reform is a precondition for sustainable economic development. | Read more »
The Corinthian Crisis

Christopher Cooper

Some are profiting from people who look to education as a step up to better working-class jobs. But some former students are fighting back. | Read more »
The Student Loan Crisis and the Debtfare State

Susanne Soederberg

How the government is helping to make the student loan debt trap the new normal. | Read more »
A Way Out for Greece and Europe

Marie Christine Duggan

A solution like the one Keynes proposed for Britain towards the end of WWII would offer Greece the best way out today. | Read more »