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We Need a Care Package!

We've built an economy that depends on unpaid and underpaid care, but penalizes the people who provide it.

Nancy Folbre May 15, 2026

May/June 2026

The Economics of Trump's War with Iran

Just how much damage will the war and its aftermath inflict on the global economy?

John Miller May 11, 2026

May/June 2026

The Art of Performing Maintenance

There is no one-to-one correlation between what we do and what it means to us or to others. Many of

Zoe Sherman May 11, 2026

September/October 2013

Issue 308

September/October 2013

Detroit and Deindustrialization

Questions and Answers with Barry Bluestone

An expert on deindustrialization answers key questions about the long-term causes of Detroit’s troubles. | Read more »
After Horror, Apologetics

By John Miller

Since the Rana Plaza collapse—the worst disaster in the history of the garment industry—most U.S. retailers are refusing to sign a legally binding fire-and-safety accord. | Read more »
We’re Not Lovin’ It

By Nicole Aschoff

Low-wage workers fight to make bad jobs better. | Read more »
Our Triple Jobs Crisis

By Alejandro Reuss

If you hear somebody talking about the U.S. “jobs problem,” ask them which one they mean. Let’s talk about three. | Read more »

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the regulars

the short run
two cents
cartoon Ten Reasons We’re Against Unions
active culture Resisting Nissan in Mississippi
up against the wall street journal Sweatshop Horrors, Apologetics
in review Robert Chernomas and Ian Hudson,
To Live and Die in America
economy in numbers Gender Wage Gap
ask dr. dollar What’s behind the big pension shift?