Gertrude Schaffner Goldberg

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

GERTRUDE SCHAFFNER GOLDBERG is professor emerita of social work and social policy at Adelphi University. She is co-founder and chair of the National Jobs for All Network.

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Issue 339

Trying Again for Full Employment

As prominent progressives talk up a federal job guarantee, what can we learn from earlier attempts to legislate full employment?

Gertrude Schaffner Goldberg Nov 1, 2018