Selling Lies: The Attack on Social Security
Political choices, not economic forces alone, have shaped the future prospects of the Social Security system.
Selling Lies: The Attack on Social Security
Political choices, not economic forces alone, have shaped the future prospects of the Social Security system.
U.S. Imperialism and U.S. Capitalism
The fundamental needs of U.S. capitalism have played a major role in motivating the U.S. government’s imperial actions.
January/February 2026
Trump’s Bifurcated Economy
The labor market, economic growth, and the stock market part ways in today’s ever-more unequal economy.
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The U.S. Care Affordability Crisis
Cuts in government spending and deportation threats against the workforce have sent costs soaring in daycare, eldercare, and long-term medical care.
How to End Wars for Oil: Stop Burning Oil Altogether
Progressives all over the world are demanding that there be “no war for oil.” We must also call for the dismantlement of the world’s fossil fuel-dominant global energy infrastructure.
Economists, the Trump Tariffs, and Alternatives
One should not jump from the condemnation of Trump’s tariffs by economists (and others) to an acceptance of free trade as a key to economic progress.
Starving the Safety Net
The government shutdown’s pause in SNAP payments was a preview of how the coming cuts to the safety-net program will reverberate through communities.
Trump's Lump of Coal
The trade deficit is the world’s Christmas gift to the U.S.; Trump’s tariffs substitute a lump of coal.