Issue 373

Medicaid Kayfabe: Fake Wrestling

The features of the bill that are likely to help ordinary people were catchy and easy to understand—reduced taxes on tips and overtime pay and a higher standard deduction for the elderly on income taxes. Yet these projected revenue losses are tiny compared to those incurred by the super rich.

Trump Tax Cut Redux

John Miller

Out of the frying pan, into the fire? | Read more »
Egalitarian Production

An Interview with Monique Walton

A new film tells a story about people who are incarcerated and uses a novel production model. | Read more »
Assessing Bidenomics

Nick French

Is the Biden administration’s economic policy a break with neoliberal orthodoxy, or more of the same? | Read more »
A Battle Over Copper in Colombia

Austin Landis

In the fertile heart of the Andes, a local tug-of-war reveals the dilemmas of mining for metals critical to decarbonization. | Read more »