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September/October 2025

Zohran Mamdani’s Bold Program for an Affordable New York City

A rundown of the Democratic mayoral nominee's policy positions.

Nick French Sep 13, 2025

Driving Off a Cliff?

Donald Trump’s tariffs will make the U.S. auto industry less competitive and leave the industry out of step with the auto market's shift to EVs.

Bill Barclay Sep 11, 2025

Left Hook Economics

The Underestimated “Price of Parenting”

Even a low-ball estimate of the cost of time shows just how misleading an estimate based only on money expenditures really is.

Nancy Folbre Sep 9, 2025

September/October 2021

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 »

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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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