Issue 313: July/August 2014

Private Equity’s Profit Charade

Private equity's seemingly high returns have been attributed to "freedom" from regulation. But, however explained, there is the question of how real the private equity profits have actually been.

Taming the Corporate Beast

By Marianne Hill | August 27, 2014

Even business leaders are now calling for corporate reform, but most of the measures on offer are little more than cosmetic. | Read more »
What Happened to the Recovery?

By Gerald Friedman | August 10, 2014

Part I: Weak Employment, Stagnant Wages, and Booming Profits
Part II: Government Policy and Why the Recovery Has Been So Slow | Read more »
The Minimum Wage and Inflation

By Arthur Macewan | July 31, 2014

Dear Dr. Dollar: Would an increase of the minimum wage be inflationary? Would more inflation than we have now be a good or bad thing? | Read more »
When the Public Square Is in Cyberspace

By Zoe Sherman

Why Democracy Demands Net Neutrality.
Read more »
Climate Policy as Wealth Creation

By James K. Boyce

A “cap and dividend” policy would embody the principle that we all own the earth’s resources in equal and common measure. Read more »

Available only in the print edition:

the regulars

the short run
active culture Raising the People’s Cup
making sense Underbanked and Overcharged
up against the wall street journal “Inclusive Capitalism”
in review Thomas Piketty, Capital in the Twenty-First Century
40th anniversary retrospectiveFrom 2003: “Free Trade” and Jobs

Taxing the Top

Mass Deportations Drain Economic Growth

Private Equity’s Profit Charade

Issue 313: July/August 2014

Available only in the print edition:

the regulars