Tax Billionaires, Save Lives: California’s Proposition 40 Is Met With a Heap of Meritless Objections

A one-time tax on the super wealthy is an important step toward greater equality.

John Miller Oct 21, 2026

How to Fund a Fairer Economy—and Reduce Inequality

How can we fund universal childcare, Medicare for All, and a green economy while reducing inequality? A new plan shows how taxing wealth and corporate profits more fairly—and cutting wasteful spending—could pay for a fairer, more prosperous economy.

Nancy Folbre Oct 15, 2026

Left Hook Economics

When All Else Is Out of Bounds, Zap Labor

From Nixon’s wage controls to today’s interest rate hikes, the fight against inflation has targeted labor.

Arthur MacEwan Oct 2, 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