Ying Chen and Güney Işikara

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

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