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War Dollars, Care Dollars (and No Sense)

It seems like a good time to compare the running tally of war dollars with the cost of relentless attacks on public care provision in the United States.

Nancy Folbre Mar 20, 2026

March/April 2026

The Undertaxed Rich

Mitt Romney’s call to tax the rich like him renders the Wall Street Journal editors apoplectic.

John Miller Mar 17, 2026

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Crypto Corruption in Trump World

Trump has become one of the world’s biggest crypto evangelists.

Gerald Epstein Mar 13, 2026

May/June 2017

Issue 330

May/June 2017

Is Nuclear Plant Closure a Mistake?

Frank Ackerman

Dear Dr. Dollar: In what I’ve read online about decommissioning of nuclear power plants, people say it is expensive and generally a disaster in the making. Is this true? Read more »
Reform or Revolution?

Alejandro Reuss

Pt. 3 of “European Social Democracy and the Roots of the Eurozone Crisis.” Read more »
Understanding Brexit

John Weeks

A primer on the split that has now been set into motion. Read more »

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Shift to the Right in the Netheralnds

Marjolein Van Der Veen

Even though xenophobe Geert Wilders did not win, the 2017 elections were a massive defeat for the Labor Party. | Order this issue or subscribe.

Just Say “No” to Trumponomics?

An Interview with Gerald Epstein

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the regulars

editors’ note The Resistable Rise of the Far Right
the short run
up against the wall st. journal BATs in the Belfry
economy in numbers The Costs of the U.S. Global War on Terror Since 2001
in review Lisa Servon, The Unbanking of America