Ying Chen and Güney Işikara

The Political Economy of Palestine

Introducing a Collaboration between the Palestine Economic Policy Research Institute (MAS) and Dollars & Sense

Jennifer C. Olmsted Nov 1, 2026

Zapping Labor: The Sharp Rise of Income Inequality Initiated in the Early 1980s

How Federal Reserve policies, the recession they triggered, and broader political and economic changes weakened workers’ power and helped usher in an era of extreme inequality.

Arthur MacEwan Oct 28, 2026

The Left Wave That Swept Democratic Primaries

A string of primary victories by DSA-backed candidates and other progressives—from New York to Michigan to Florida—is giving the Democratic left new leverage while putting its ambitious economic agenda back at the center of the party’s debate.

Nick French Oct 26, 2026

Ying Chen is an assistant professor of economics at the New School for Social Research; Güney Işikara is a clinical assistant professor at New York University's Liberal Studies program.

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July/August 2019

Why the Climate Crisis Is Also the Crisis of Capitalism

Many people are wary of bringing a critique of capitalism into the discussion of climate change, even if they are

Ying Chen and Güney Işikara Jul 1, 2019