Not Much Change Yet

Monthly Jobs Report from the National Jobs for All Network

Frank Stricker Jul 18, 2025

Left Hook

Better Wages and Working Conditions: The Workers Will Come

While many things taught in introductory economics courses are nonsense, it seems to be true that higher wages will attract more workers.

Arthur MacEwan Jul 18, 2025

Left Hook

Medicaid Kayfabe: Fake Wrestling

The features of the bill that are likely to help ordinary people were catchy and easy to understand—reduced taxes on tips and overtime pay and a higher standard deduction for the elderly on income taxes. Yet these projected revenue losses are tiny compared to those incurred by the super rich.

Nancy Folbre Jul 15, 2025

Not Much Change Yet

Better Wages and Working Conditions: The Workers Will Come

Medicaid Kayfabe: Fake Wrestling

Archive

Interview: Short Staffing and Work Intensification

Short Staffing

D&S Authors on Trump’s First 100 Days

Interview: Trump’s Tariffs and Stagflation

The Unemployment News and What’s Ahead

The Calm Before the Storm

The Monster That Government Made

Why Is the World Bank Attacking Land Reform in the Philippines?

Trump’s Dumb and Dumber Tariffs

The Burning of (Parts of) Los Angeles

Tariffs, Deportations, and Tax Cuts for the Rich

Getting Better All the Time?