Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman

How to End Wars for Oil: Stop Burning Oil Altogether

Progressives all over the world are demanding that there be “no war for oil.” We must also call for the dismantlement of the world’s fossil fuel-dominant global energy infrastructure.

Robert Pollin Jan 12, 2026

Left Hook Economics

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.

Arthur MacEwan Jan 8, 2026

Monthly Jobs Analysis

Jobs, Factories, and Inequalities

Monthly Jobs Report from the National Jobs for All Network

Frank Stricker Jan 5, 2026

Emmanuel Saez is a professor of economics at the University of California-Berkeley. Gabriel Zucman is an associate professor of economics at the University of California-Berkeley.

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March/April 2020

Social Insurance in a Time of Pandemic

A Proposal for the Government to Act as Buyer of Last Resort

Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman Mar 1, 2020