March/April 2017

Globalization and the End of
the Labor Aristocracy

Jayati Ghosh

How changes in 21st-century imperialism have led to increasing inequality, the decline in workers’ incomes, and the decline or absence of social protections. Read more »
Military Spending in the Swampland

James M. Cypher

There is every reason to anticipate that the Pentagon’s lucrative and murky wetlands will increase in depth and opacity. Read more »
Is It Oil? The Issue Revisited

Arthur Macewan

Revisiting the question of what motivated the Iraq War. Read more »
DAPL Doesn’t Make Economic Sense

Mark Paul

The Dakota Access Pipeline imposes huge environmental and health costs, creates few jobs, and generates little government revenue. Read more »