Issue 350: September/October 2020

Some Elements of a Progressive International Trade Policy

There are other ways to organize U.S. international trade. The neoliberal free trade of recent decades and the trade restrictions of Trumpian tariffs are not the only options.

How Green Is Joe Biden’s Green New Deal?

John Miller

Sorting out the good and the bad in the Democratic candidate’s climate-change policies. | Read more »
The Dangers of Private Debt

Julian Jacobs

High levels of household and corporate debt in the U.S. are making inequality worse and could make the recession deeper. | Read more »
Coronavirus, Capitalism,
and the Workers’ Movement

Alejandro Reuss

Part 3: How Inequality Kills, and How to Fight It in the Era of Covid-19 | Read more »

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“Hero Pay” and Covid-19

David Mcclough

Missing from mainstream economists’ toolkit for understanding wages: a power analysis. | Order this issue or subscribe.

the regulars

editors’ note Cliffs, Seesaws, and Leaps
the short run
cartoon “The Post Office Is Dying!”
active culture NBA Wildcat Strike for Racial Justice
in review Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman, The Triumph of Injustice

Some Elements of a Progressive International Trade Policy

No Matter How You Look at It, the Big Beautiful Bill is a Monstrosity

What’s Different About Today’s Government Deficit and Debt?

Issue 350: September/October 2020

Available only in the print edition:

the regulars