Issue 358: January/February 2022

Making America Poisoned Again

The stated rationale for jettisoning environmental protections is that they are inefficient and have “suffocated” the economy. But economic benefits must be weighed against costs, including impacts on human health.

Leveraging Financial Markets for Social Justice

Doug Orr

Is divestment effective? | Read more »
Financialization and Inequality

Arthur Macewan

Dear Dr. Dollar: Is financialization responsible for the great increase in economic inequality of recent decades in the United States? | Read more »
Cryptocurrency Will Not Liberate Us

Hadas Thier

Deflating the Egalitarian Fantasies of Digital Currencies | Read more »
The Lure of “Democratizing” Finance

John Summa

Wall Street’s latest gimmick hooks a young, desperate, and gullible crowd. | Read more »
The Fed and the Racial Wealth Gap

John Miller

Will a Fed racial equality mandate improve monetary policy? | Read more »