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 228: March/April 2000

features

Forgotten Generation

Vanessa Lau

In China's rush to a market economy, middle-aged women are left by the wayside.
Public Teams, Private Profits

D. Stanley Eitzen

How pro sports owners run up the score on fans and taxpayers.
The ABCs of the Global Economy

The Dollars &Amp; Sense Collective
A New Labor Movement in the Academy

Gary Zaber
Deciding Who's Poor

Barbara R. Bergmann

the regulars

commentSmall Online Investors are Gambling in a Rigged Casino
making senseMexican Students Win Concessions / Saint Greenspan?
books in reviewSocial Security: The Phony Crisis
ask dr. dollarHow Long Can We Run a Trade Deficit?
economy in numbersToxic Sites Grow, Money for Clean-Up Drops