Tim Shorrock - Dollars & Sense

The U.S. Care Affordability Crisis

Cuts in government spending and deportation threats against the workforce have sent costs soaring in daycare, eldercare, and long-term medical care.

Nancy Folbre Jan 21, 2026

Left Hook Economics

How to End Wars for Oil: Stop Burning Oil Altogether

Progressives all over the world are demanding that there be “no war for oil.” We must also call for the dismantlement of the world’s fossil fuel-dominant global energy infrastructure.

Robert Pollin Jan 12, 2026

Left Hook Economics

Economists, the Trump Tariffs, and Alternatives

One should not jump from the condemnation of Trump’s tariffs by economists (and others) to an acceptance of free trade as a key to economic progress.

Arthur MacEwan Jan 8, 2026

Tim Shorrock is an independent journalist whose writings on labor and East Asia have appeared in The Nation and The Los Angeles Times. He also works as a writer and editor for union publications and c

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Issue 225

Creating a New Internationalism for Labor

More than 800 South African rubber workers employed by Germany's Continental Tire AG put down their tools for

Tim Shorrock Sep 1, 1999