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

January/February 2020

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 »

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