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 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?