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Power, Wages, and Inequality
Arthur MacEwan | May 13
A recent government report has an unexpected focus—power in the workplace. | Read more »
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Credible Strike Threats
Robert Ovetz | May 1
The predicted wave of strikes didn’t materialize last fall,
but strike threats have proved to be effective. | Read more »
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Corporate Taxes: Less, Less, and Less
Arthur MacEwan | April 13
The experience of the last several decades has long been one of declining corporate tax rates and a declining share of federal revenue coming from corporations. | Read more »
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The New Tools of the Fed
John Miller | March 30
Monetary Policy Since the Financial Crisis | Read more »
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Solving the Climate Crisis
with Nuclear Energy Won’t Work
Robert Pollin | March 26
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has dramatized and intensified the dangers associated with operating nuclear power plants. | Read more »
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Leveraging Financial Markets for Social Justice
Doug Orr | March 16
Is divestment effective? | Read more »
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Financialization and Inequality
Arthur MacEwan | March 5
Dear Dr. Dollar: Is financialization responsible for the great increase in economic inequality of recent decades in the United States? | Read more »
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Cryptocurrency Will Not Liberate Us
Hadas Thier | February 16
Deflating the Egalitarian Fantasies of Digital Currencies | Read more »
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The Lure of “Democratizing” Finance
John Summa | February 11
Wall Street’s latest gimmick hooks a young, desperate,
and gullible crowd.
| Read more »
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The Fed and the Racial Wealth Gap
John Miller | January 17
Will a Fed racial equality mandate improve monetary policy? | Read more »
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How City Budgets Work
Barry Deutsch | December 30
“A six-year waiting list? But we’re homeless now!” | Read more »
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Climate Change, Social Justice,
and the Green New Deal
Arthur MacEwan | December 4
Dear Dr. Dollar: Doesn’t combating climate change need to be given top priority regardless of the impact on social justice? | Read more »
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The Group Home Racket
John Summers | November 22
How a financial model masquerades as a human service. | Read more »
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Why Record Numbers of Workers
Are Quitting and Striking
Sonali Kolhatkar | November 11
A viral video of a young woman quitting over a Walmart PA system is a symbol of the “Great Resignation.” | Read more »
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Letter from a Former Boeing Software Engineer
Richard Fuhr | October 31
"[T]he risk of making mistakes or overlooking critical details was very high" at Boeing’s workplaces. | Read more »
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Do People Care About Extreme Inequality?
Arthur MacEwan | October 7
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 »
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Brazil’s Ten-Year Downward Spiral
James M. Cypher
and Guillermo Foladori | September 22
How and why has Brazil fallen so far, so fast? | Read more »
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The Limits of Ethical Consumerism
Marc Triller | September 21
Can we save the world, one bamboo spork at a time? | Read more »
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Try Higher Wages
BARRY DEUTSCH | September 6
A response to employers who say they've tried everything to find new workers. | Read more »
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Social Infrastructure and the Care Crisis
YING CHEN, ZHONGJIN LI,
AND YANG ZHAN | August 19
An Evaluation of China’s Covid-19 Experience | Read more »
