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

September/October 2025

Mass Deportations Drain Economic Growth

There is no tradeoff—immigration fuels the economy.

John Miller Oct 9, 2025

Issue 223: May/June 1999

features

Corporate Sponsored Terror
Corporation Crackdowns

Arvind Ganesan

Business Backs Brutality
Freedom to Farm - and Starve - in Kenya

Marc Breslow
Special Section: Social Security

Marc Breslow

The Social Security Debate: An Introduction
The Myth of the Social Security Trust Fund

Ellen Frank
Myths and Facts about Privatizing Social Security

Richard Duboff and John Miller
How to Rebuild Nicaragua

Van Hardy
Low-Income Groups Try Out Community Money Systems

Barbara Brandt

the regulars

lettersHail the Euro
the short runTruckmaking Scofflaws
active cultureProfile of the Methodist Women's Active Faith
commentWaiting for the Millennium
making senseRadio For People, Not Profit / Ring out the Debt, Ring in Prosperity?
in reviewBooks
ask dr. dollarWhen wage hikes don't mean price hikes
economy in numbersFor Sale: Weapons or Pollution Control?