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 232: November/December 2000

features

Candidates and Consequences

The dollars &Amp; Sense Collective
Privatizing Social Security is Bad, Particularly for Women

Cahterine Hill
Special Section on Mexico
- Where Now for Mexico?
  
  Alejandro Reuss
- The Isthmus of Tehantepec
  
  Wendy Call
  
  An Island in an Electoral Storm
- Coming Close to Clean
  
  Wendy Call
  
  A View of the Mexican Elections from Oaxaca
- "To Lead by Obeying"
  
  Zapatista National Liberation Army
- Into the Frying PAN
  
  Dan La Botz
  
  Mexican Labor Faces Its Greatest Crisis
Land Reform

Mackie J. Mcleod

Unfinished Business for the African Century

the regulars

the short runThe Best Drugs Money Can Buy
active cultureStanding Up to Standardized Tests
commentMore than a Seat at the Table
making sensePopular Economics Education / The Repeal of the Estate Tax
ask dr. dollarSecret Stock Stabilization?
economy in numbersDiet Coke and Dom Perignon