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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 227: January/February 2000

features

Predatory Lending

Jeanette Bradley and Peter Skillern

Banks trick poor into expensive loans.
Japanese Bank Mergers - Bigger, Not Better

Bill Tabb
Giving the Nod to Conglomerates

Jim Campen
Are Labor Standards Elitist?

Ellen Frank
Savings Scam

Fred Block
After Seattle

Special Section on the WTO

the regulars

economy in numbers The Real Y2K Crisis: Global Economic Inequality
ask dr. dollar How much does the U.S. government spend on NATO and on the United Nations?