March/April 2017

Retirement Savings in the Dark

For most of the 20th century, there was a clear wall between working people’s pension funds and the riskier corners of financial markets. This wasn’t accidental—it was the law.

Globalization and the End of
the Labor Aristocracy

Jayati Ghosh

How changes in 21st-century imperialism have led to increasing inequality, the decline in workers’ incomes, and the decline or absence of social protections. Read more »
Military Spending in the Swampland

James M. Cypher

There is every reason to anticipate that the Pentagon’s lucrative and murky wetlands will increase in depth and opacity. Read more »
Is It Oil? The Issue Revisited

Arthur Macewan

Revisiting the question of what motivated the Iraq War. Read more »
DAPL Doesn’t Make Economic Sense

Mark Paul

The Dakota Access Pipeline imposes huge environmental and health costs, creates few jobs, and generates little government revenue. Read more »