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

Issue 220: November/December 1998

features

Capitalist Collapse

David M. Kotz

How Russia Can Recover
Learning From the Southeast Asian Crisis

John Miller
Can the Korean Labor Movement Defeat the IMF

James Crotty and Gary Dymski
Credit Card Pushers Pump Up Profits—And Risk

Abby Scher
Why Is It So Hard to Reform the Teamsters?

Dan Labotz
Wall Street's Fondest Dream

Christian Weller

The Insanity of Privatizing Social Security

the regulars

the short run Girl Scouts Hit the Mall
letters Hidden Taxes?
active culture Banana Politics | Building a U.S./South Asian Left
comment Stocks Run Amok | The Fake Federal Budget Surplus | Fed Rubber Stamps Citicorp-Travelers Merger
in review Earth for Sale: Reclaiming Ecology in the Age of Corporate Greenwash | Feeding Dependency, Starving Democracy: USAID Policies in Haiti
ask dr. dollar Why have CEO Salaries Skyrocketed?
economy in numbers Black Men Still Jobless