Not Much Change Yet

Monthly Jobs Report from the National Jobs for All Network

Frank Stricker Jul 18, 2025

Left Hook

Better Wages and Working Conditions: The Workers Will Come

While many things taught in introductory economics courses are nonsense, it seems to be true that higher wages will attract more workers.

Arthur MacEwan Jul 18, 2025

Left Hook

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.

Nancy Folbre Jul 15, 2025

Issue 268: November/December 2006

features

In Vieques, Puerto Rico, La Lucha Continua

Liv Gold

Residents fight for environmental justice after the U.S. Navy�s departure.
America�s Fringe Economy

Howard Karger

Financial services for the poor and credit-challenged are big business.
Turning Gas into Development in Bolivia

Aaron Luoma and Gretchen Gordon

Will Evo Morales' attempt at re-nationalization bring real change?

the regulars

the short run
active culture Organizing Rural Labor in Colombia
commentMicrocredit and Women's Poverty
in review Big Coal/An Inconvenient Truth/Lost Mountain
economy in numbersHealth Savings Accounts