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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

September/October 2025

Mass Deportations Drain Economic Growth

There is no tradeoff—immigration fuels the economy.

John Miller Oct 9, 2025

Issue 294

Are Low Wages and Job Loss Inevitable?

By Arthur Macewan

Dear Dr. Dollar: The main narrative that I hear in mainstream press is that U.S. workers are being undercut and eventually displaced by global competition. Is this right? Read more »
Teachers, Secretaries, and Social Workers:
The New Welfare Moms?

By Randy Albelda

Today’s debates over public-sector workers are strikingly similar to the welfare “reform” battles of the 1990s. Read more »
No Fooling—Corporations Evade Taxes

By John Miller

Forbes finally notices what has been clear for years. Read more »

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What Wisconsin Means

By Roger Bybee

The “Wisconsin uprising has slowed the newest anti-labor salvo. | Order this issue or subscribe.

The GO-Zone’s No-Zones

By Darwin Bondgraham

After more than five years, a deeply flawed disaster-recovery program has failed to rebuild the Gulf Coast. | Order this issue or subscribe.

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