Where Have All the New Jobs Gone?

Job creation has come to a near halt. What explains employers’ reluctance to create new jobs in an expanding economy?

John Miller Oct 20, 2025

November/December 2025

New York City Nurses Confront an Austerity Avalanche

Medicaid cuts are being used to push austerity in hospitals’ contract negotiations with nurses, even as some hospitals dabble in financial speculation and their CEOs rake in millions.

Nick French Oct 17, 2025

Left Hook Economics

Taxing the Top

In a world in which some people keep getting way more than they need, while others can hardly get by, Robin Hood starts to look better and better.

Nancy Folbre Oct 15, 2025

Issue 337: July/August 2018

Workplace Solidarity in the Equitable Economy

Jane Paul

Second in an article series: An Equitable Economy Rises in Los Angeles. Read more »
Pay No Attention to the Inequality
Behind the Curtain!

John Miller

Corporate critics cry foul when SEC releases CEO pay data. Read more »
Neutralized

Rob Larson

Big Tech’s Retreat from Net Neutrality | Read more »
Why Is the Fed Increasing Interest Rates?

Arthur Macewan

Dear Dr. Dollar: Why is the Federal Reserve raising interest rates? What’s the impact? | Read more »

Available only in the print edition:

the regulars

editor’s note This Is Your Economy On Corporate Rule
the short run
two cents
in reviewCatherine P. Mulder, Transcending Capitalism Through Cooperative Practices | Steve Keen, Can We Avoid Another Financial Crisis?
economy in numbers The Fiscal Crisis of the State?