Profiteering in Oil Futures Made Easy (to Understand)

Let’s look at exactly what happened on Monday morning and what makes it is so suspicious.

John Miller Mar 27, 2026

U.S. Banks and the Dirty Money Empire

Reprising a classic article by radical sociologist James Petras, who died on January 17th, 2026.

James Petras Mar 24, 2026

War Dollars, Care Dollars (and No Sense)

It seems like a good time to compare the running tally of war dollars with the cost of relentless attacks on public care provision in the United States.

Nancy Folbre Mar 20, 2026

January/February 2020

Issue 346

Rebooting Big Tech

Rob Larson

What’s the best way to fix Silicon Valley? | Read more »
The Wealth Tax Proposals

John Miller

How not to make friends among the tax establishment and the superrich. | Read more »
Monopoly Everywhere

Armağan Gezici

Extreme market concentration goes beyond Big Tech. | Read more »

Available only in the print edition:

the regulars

editor’s note Our Monopolized Economy
the short run
comment The Jobs-for-All Manifesto
making sense Financialization, Neoliberalism, and Neo-Fascism
in review Branko Milanovic, Capitalism, Alone
ask dr. dollar Can economies shift away from tourism?