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Trump Tariffs and Stagflation: Why TACO is the Least Bad Option

The first obvious step right now for fighting stagflation is for Trump to dump his tariff policies.

Robert Pollin Aug 26, 2025

Left Hook Economics

What’s Crypto Good For? Corruption, Exploitation, and Billions for Insiders

As with the subprime lending crisis, crypto appears to be more of an example of predatory inclusion than enhancing financial access.

Gerald Epstein Aug 21, 2025

July/August 2025

The Labor Education That Workers Need Most

What labor education is and how it matters to the current moment.

Helena Worthen Aug 20, 2025

Issue 268: November/December 2006

features

In Vieques, Puerto Rico, La Lucha Continua

Liv Gold

Residents fight for environmental justice after the U.S. Navy�s departure.
America�s Fringe Economy

Howard Karger

Financial services for the poor and credit-challenged are big business.
Turning Gas into Development in Bolivia

Aaron Luoma and Gretchen Gordon

Will Evo Morales' attempt at re-nationalization bring real change?

the regulars

the short run
active culture Organizing Rural Labor in Colombia
commentMicrocredit and Women's Poverty
in review Big Coal/An Inconvenient Truth/Lost Mountain
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