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September/October 2025

Zohran Mamdani’s Bold Program for an Affordable New York City

A rundown of the Democratic mayoral nominee's policy positions.

Nick French Sep 13, 2025

Driving Off a Cliff?

Donald Trump’s tariffs will make the U.S. auto industry less competitive and leave the industry out of step with the auto market's shift to EVs.

Bill Barclay Sep 11, 2025

Left Hook Economics

The Underestimated “Price of Parenting”

Even a low-ball estimate of the cost of time shows just how misleading an estimate based only on money expenditures really is.

Nancy Folbre Sep 9, 2025

Issue 316: January/February 2015

Inside the World of Check-Cashing Outlets

By Deborah M. Figart and Thomas Barr

Not all financial services for the poor are equally bad—regulation makes a difference. | Read more »
Where Are Today’s Mass Movements?

By Trudy Goldberg | February 5

What we can learn from the millions who demonstrated for jobs, government relief, and collective bargaining rights in the 1930s. | Read more »
Another Gift for Corporations—Lower Tax Rates

By John Miller

The Wall Street Journal’s Yankee Swap | Read more »

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