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 223: May/June 1999

features

Corporate Sponsored Terror
Corporation Crackdowns

Arvind Ganesan

Business Backs Brutality
Freedom to Farm - and Starve - in Kenya

Marc Breslow
Special Section: Social Security

Marc Breslow

The Social Security Debate: An Introduction
The Myth of the Social Security Trust Fund

Ellen Frank
Myths and Facts about Privatizing Social Security

Richard Duboff and John Miller
How to Rebuild Nicaragua

Van Hardy
Low-Income Groups Try Out Community Money Systems

Barbara Brandt

the regulars

lettersHail the Euro
the short runTruckmaking Scofflaws
active cultureProfile of the Methodist Women's Active Faith
commentWaiting for the Millennium
making senseRadio For People, Not Profit / Ring out the Debt, Ring in Prosperity?
in reviewBooks
ask dr. dollarWhen wage hikes don't mean price hikes
economy in numbersFor Sale: Weapons or Pollution Control?