Economists, the Trump Tariffs, and Alternatives
One should not jump from the condemnation of Trump’s tariffs by economists (and others) to an acceptance of free trade as a key to economic progress.
This is an update of the author's June 2020 article. --Eds. The economic fallout of the Covid-19 pandemic
Some of the economic consequences of a massive communicable-disease crisis might arise in any society, regardless of the system of
Part 3: How Inequality Kills, and How to Fight It in the Era of Covid-19
Part 1 of a new joint series in and Dollars & Sense: "Coronavirus, Capitalism, and the Workers' Movement"
Cross-posted from our sister blog, Triple Crisis. Frank Ackerman is principal economist at Synapse Energy Economics in Cambridge, Mass., and
Pt. 3 of “European Social Democracy and the Roots of the Eurozone Crisis;” see Part 1 and Part 2 .
Part 2: The Rise of the Third Way(Click for Pt. 1: Monetary Union and Fiscal Disunion.)
Capitalist Internationalism, Reactionary Nationalism, and Socialist Internationalism
Part 1: Monetary Union and Fiscal Disunion
In a full-page ad in Thursday's New York Times, the Employment Policies Institute urged readers to "take