Francisco Pérez and Luis Feliz León

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

FRANCISCO PÉREZ (@Platanomics) is the director of the Center for Popular Economics and a Ph.D. candidate in economics at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, researching the history and political

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Issue 351

Solidarity Beyond the Crisis: How to truly build back better

In the aftermath of the wreckage caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden's promise to

Francisco Pérez and Luis Feliz León Nov 1, 2020

New York City Nurses Confront an Austerity Avalanche

Taxing the Top

Mass Deportations Drain Economic Growth

Francisco P&eacute;rez and Luis Feliz Le&oacute;n

Solidarity Beyond the Crisis: How to truly build back better

Francisco Pérez and Luis Feliz León