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 227: January/February 2000

features

Predatory Lending

Jeanette Bradley and Peter Skillern

Banks trick poor into expensive loans.
Japanese Bank Mergers - Bigger, Not Better

Bill Tabb
Giving the Nod to Conglomerates

Jim Campen
Are Labor Standards Elitist?

Ellen Frank
Savings Scam

Fred Block
After Seattle

Special Section on the WTO

the regulars

economy in numbers The Real Y2K Crisis: Global Economic Inequality
ask dr. dollar How much does the U.S. government spend on NATO and on the United Nations?