Autumn Leonard, Tomas Aguilar, Mike Prokosch, and Dara Silverman

The Plutonomy—AI Edition—and the Coming Crisis

Driven by speculative finance, stagnant wages, and AI hype, today’s tech-heavy economy mirrors the fragile plutonomy that collapsed into the Great Crash of 1929.

Yeva Nersisyan and L. Randall Wray Sep 1, 2026

Metal of the Past, Metal of the Future

Copper, the first metal worked by humans, will be crucial to decarbonization, and could be the path to a Chinese Century.

Bill Barclay Aug 29, 2026

Monthly Jobs Analysis

The Latest Job Calamity—Mostly Home-Made

The Latest Unemployment Report from the National Jobs for All Network

Frank Stricker Aug 26, 2026

Autumn Leonard is the Creative Action coordinator and a national organizer at United for a Fair Economy (UFE). Tom?s Aguilar is a national organizer at UFE and a native of Laredo, Texas. He is helping

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Issue 240

Organizing after September 11

I hear people saying everything is different now, but I see that there is a lot that is not so different. --Gabriel Sayegh, Prisoner Within

Autumn Leonard, Tomas Aguilar, Mike Prokosch, and Dara Silverman Mar 1, 2002