September/October 2018

Private Equity’s Profit Charade

Private equity's seemingly high returns have been attributed to "freedom" from regulation. But, however explained, there is the question of how real the private equity profits have actually been.

Hope for Housing in California’s Equitable Economy

Jane Paul

Third in a Series: An Equitable Economy Rises in Los Angeles | Read more »
“Migration Is a Form of Fighting Back”

David Bacon

Looking at the Root Causes of Migration | Read more »
California’s “Yimbys”

Zelda Bronstein

The Growth Machine’s Shock Troops | Read more »
Trump Is Giving Protectionism a Bad Name

William G. Moseley

Tariffs and subsidies to support infant industries can be key for economic development in the Global South. | Read more »

Available only in the print edition:

the regulars

editor’s note Addressing the Housing Crisis
the short run
up against the wall street journal “Secular Stagnation” Persists
[sources for this article available here]
in reviewSven-Eric Liedman, A World to Win: The Life and Works of Karl Marx
economy in numbers What Is Happening to Unemployment?
ask dr. dollar How Much of the U.S. Economy Is Devoted to Social Control?

Taxing the Top

Mass Deportations Drain Economic Growth

Private Equity’s Profit Charade

September/October 2018

Available only in the print edition:

the regulars