William G. Moseley - Dollars & Sense

The Underestimated “Price of Parenting”

Even a low-ball estimate of the cost of time shows just how misleading an estimate based only on money expenditures really is.

Nancy Folbre Sep 9, 2025

September/October 2025

Mamdani Needs to Catch the Value Capture Bus

New York Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani has drawn both praise and sneers for his free bus proposal. As detailed

Polly Cleveland Sep 7, 2025

Left Hook Economics

More Babies or Better Care for Newborns?

Most so-called pronatalist policies seriously underestimate the costs and risks of raising children in today’s economic environment.

Nancy Folbre Sep 2, 2025

WILLIAM G. MOSELEY is a professor of geography and director of the Program for Food, Agriculture, and Society at Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minn. He may be found on Twitter @WilliamGMoseley.

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Issue 338

Trump Is Giving Protectionism a Bad Name

Tariffs and subsidies to support infant industries can be key for economic development in the Global South.

William G. Moseley Sep 1, 2018