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Left Hook Economics

How the Rich Got Richer

As more and more pass-through business income goes to the super-rich, the income share of the top 1% doubles.

John Miller Aug 14, 2025

Monthly Jobs Analysis

Jobs and Hints of Recession

Monthly Jobs Report from the National Jobs for All Network

Frank Stricker Aug 12, 2025

Left Hook Economics

Making America Poisoned Again

The stated rationale for jettisoning environmental protections is that they are inefficient and have “suffocated” the economy. But economic benefits must be weighed against costs, including impacts on human health.

James K. Boyce Aug 8, 2025

Issue 356: September/October 2021

Do People Care About Extreme Inequality?

Arthur Macewan

Dear Dr. Dollar: Extreme inequality is having negative impacts throughout society. How long can this situation last? Will public opinion ever reflect my disapproval? | Read more »
Brazil’s Ten-Year Downward Spiral

James M. Cypher and Guillermo Foladori

How and why has Brazil fallen so far, so fast? | Read more »

Available only in the print edition:

Ford Drives Away

Débora Nunes

The neoliberal right oversees the deindustrialization of Brazil. | Order this issue or subscribe.
The Public Banking Alternative

Rick Girling

A New Push to Remake the American Financial System | Order this issue or subscribe.

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