Matías Vernengo - Dollars & Sense

Unemployment as Policy: Federal Layoffs, AI, and Corporate Understaffing

The Jobs Report from the National Jobs for All Network

Frank Stricker Apr 13, 2026

Overcoming Trump’s U.S. Health Care Wrecking Ball

It is critical to understand these cuts in the broader context of the already highly dysfunctional U.S. health care system.

Robert Pollin Apr 10, 2026

Left Hook Economics

Disabled People Are the Canaries in the Coal Mine

The disabled community has responded to the adversities they face by organizing for legal rights that protect their autonomy and access to public life. But these rights are increasingly under attack.

Paige Carmichael Apr 3, 2026

Matías Vernengo is Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City (vernengo@economics.utah.edu).

2 articles

November/December 2013

Crooks, Liars, Idiots, and Plutocrats

Economic historian Carlo Cipolla famously noted that human beings fall into four basic categories: the martyr who takes an action

Matías Vernengo Nov 1, 2013

Issue 259

Latin America's Left Off Track

Latin America has a new crop of leftist leaders, but their macroeconomic policies are sadly familiar.

Matías Vernengo May 1, 2005