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Wage Stagnation vs. Living Wages for U.S. Workers Today

Far from earning living wages, most U.S. workers have experienced wage stagnation since the 1970s--a trend largely obscured by political rhetoric and misinformation.

Robert Pollin Nov 3, 2025

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Inflation Haunting Halloween

A specter is haunting Halloween—the specter of inflation.

John Miller Oct 31, 2025

November/December 2025

Poverty and Deportees on the Streets in Tijuana

Photos by David Bacon and an Interview with Laura Velasco

David Bacon Oct 30, 2025

Issue 318: May/June 2015

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 »

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Can “Abenomics” Revive Japan’s Economy?

Junji Tokunaga

Why we need a progressive alternative. | Order this issue or subscribe.

the regulars

editors’ note Reform and Revolution
the short run
up against the wall street journal The “Secular Stagnation” Debate
in review Jennifer Taub, Other People’s Houses
ask dr. dollar What Would Full Employment Cost?