January/February 2018

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.

Is Economic Growth Compatible with
Ecological Sustainability?

Arthur Macewan

Dear Dr. Dollar: Why do economists who claim to care about climate change keep talking about “growth, growth, growth”?Read more »
Trump and National Neoliberalism, Revisited

Sasha Breger-Bush

An assessment of the Trump presidency, one year in. Read more »

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Whatever Happened to Development?

Jawied Nawabi

Why have so few countries—out of about 120 newly independent countries that have emerged since World War II—achieved successful development? | Order this issue or subscribe.

Worst-Case Economics

An Interview with Frank Ackerman

Understanding the economics of extreme events in climate change and financial instability. | Order this issue or subscribe.

the regulars

editor’s note Ideas for Better Taxes
the short run
making sense Let’s Try Employer-Side Payroll Taxes
up against the Wall Street Journal State Millionaires’ Taxes Do Work
in review Keith Payne, The Broken Ladder

How to End Wars for Oil: Stop Burning Oil Altogether

Economists, the Trump Tariffs, and Alternatives

Jobs, Factories, and Inequalities

January/February 2018

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the regulars