Frank Stricker, with Illustrations by Kevin Moore

Mamdani Needs to Catch the Value Capture Bus

New York Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani has drawn both praise and sneers for his free bus proposal. As detailed

Polly Cleveland Sep 7, 2025

Left Hook Economics

More Babies or Better Care for Newborns?

Most so-called pronatalist policies seriously underestimate the costs and risks of raising children in today’s economic environment.

Nancy Folbre Sep 2, 2025

The D&S Debrief

Interview: Military Keyensianism, Then and Now

An interview with Richard D. Wolff

Richard D. Wolff Aug 31, 2025

Frank Stricker is on the board of the National Jobs for All Network. He wrote Why America Lost the War on Poverty (2007) and American Unemployment: Past, Present, and Future (2020). He is emeritus pro

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Issue 372

(Mostly) Useful Government Numbers

The federal government generates millions of economic numbers in thousands of publications every year. Some of these publications can be

Frank Stricker, with Illustrations by Kevin Moore May 1, 2024