Issue 323: March/April 2016

Medicaid Kayfabe: Fake Wrestling

The features of the bill that are likely to help ordinary people were catchy and easy to understand—reduced taxes on tips and overtime pay and a higher standard deduction for the elderly on income taxes. Yet these projected revenue losses are tiny compared to those incurred by the super rich.

Sanders’ Health Care Revolution

Gerald Friedman

Sanders’ plan would reduce costs (especially for low- and middle-income families), expand coverage, and improve access. | Read more »
Not Just for Future Generations

An Interview with James K. Boyce

How climate policy can benefit most people in the here and now. | Read more »
No Country for Old People

David Bacon | March 10

Is there a human right to age in dignity? Some countries think so. Unfortunately, the United States isn’t one of them. | Read more »
The Clinton and Sanders Plans
to Rein In Wall Street

John Miller | March 1

How do they differ, and what should we think of them? | Read more »
Why Higher Ed Can’t Wait

Biola Jeje and Belinda Rodriguez | February 20

Students are rising up to demand free higher education. | Read more »

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The Human Toll of Greek Austerity

Evita Nolka

A Report from Thessaloniki, Greece’ls Second-Largest City | Order this issue or subscribe.

Lessons from Iceland’s Financial Crisis

Nina Eichacker

The crisis, years in the making, was a consequence of the government’s rapid deregulation and privatization of the banking system. | Order this issue or subscribe. | The sources for this article are available here.

the regulars

editors’ note Bill of Indictment
the short run
in review Robert Reich, Saving Capitalism
ask dr. dollar Reducing Greenhouse Gases

Not Much Change Yet

Better Wages and Working Conditions: The Workers Will Come

Medicaid Kayfabe: Fake Wrestling

Issue 323: March/April 2016

Available only in the print edition:

the regulars