Tim Shorrock - 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

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