Jeremy Brecher - Dollars & Sense

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

JEREMY BRECHER (jeremybrecher.org [http://jeremybrecher.org]) is author of Strike! (revised, expanded, and updated edition, 2015) and Climate Insurgency: A Strategy for Survival (2015).

2 articles

September/October 2016

Jobs, Justice, and the Clean-Energy Future

Today, there are 400 parts per million (PPM) of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, far above the 350 ppm climate

Jeremy Brecher Sep 1, 2016

November/December 2015

A Superfund for Workers

How to Promote a Just Transition and Break Out of the Jobs vs. Environment Trap

Jeremy Brecher Nov 1, 2015