The U.S. Care Affordability Crisis

Cuts in government spending and deportation threats against the workforce have sent costs soaring in daycare, eldercare, and long-term medical care.

Nancy Folbre Jan 21, 2026

Left Hook Economics

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.

Robert Pollin Jan 12, 2026

Left Hook Economics

Economists, the Trump Tariffs, and Alternatives

One should not jump from the condemnation of Trump’s tariffs by economists (and others) to an acceptance of free trade as a key to economic progress.

Arthur MacEwan Jan 8, 2026

Issue 253: May/June 2004

features

Black Job Loss Deja Vu

Betsy Leondar-Wright

Black workers take the biggest hit in the job-loss economy - so what's new?
No More Savings!

Ellen Frank

The case for social wealth.
BOOK EXCERPT

The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power

Joel Bakan

How companies extract money from young children, and more.
The Case Against Privatizing National Security

Ann Markusen

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