The Left Wave That Swept Democratic Primaries A string of primary victories by DSA-backed candidates and other progressives—from New York to Michigan to Florida—is giving the Democratic left new leverage while putting its ambitious economic agenda back at the center of the party’s debate. Nick French Oct 26, 2026
Monthly Jobs Analysis Was It a Good Jobs Report or a Bad One? The Latest Unemployment Report from the National Jobs for All Network Frank Stricker Oct 24, 2026
Left Hook Economics Tax Billionaires, Save Lives: California’s Proposition 40 Is Met With a Heap of Meritless Objections A one-time tax on the super wealthy is an important step toward greater equality. John Miller Oct 21, 2026
The Optimal Tax John Miller Mainstream economics supports a 70% top income tax rate (or higher). | Read more » The Rocket Science of Sanitation Abhilasha Srivastava Understanding the plight of the Indian workers who are not considered workers. | Read more » Why Is the Economy Doing So Well? Arthur Macewan First we should ask: Has the U.S. economy really been doing so well? | Read more » Traditional Measures of Unemployment Are Missing the Mark Mark Paul Puzzling through why, despite low unemployment, significant wage increases remain elusive. | Read more » Subscribe Order this issue Available only in the print edition: Surviving Academia and Performing Sex Work Jenny Heineman A Look at Labor under Neoliberalism Beyond the Myth and Through the Mexican Labyrinth James M. Cypher and Mateo Crossa Labor under the “New NAFTA,” the U.S.-Canada-Mexico Agreement | the regulars editor’s note Labor and Ideology the short run comment Shop & Stop Victory in review James Bloodworth, Hired, and Heike Geissler, Seasonal Associate economy in numbers State of the Unions 45th anniversary reprints From March 1984: Target—Labor’s Elite
