The Plutonomy—AI Edition—and the Coming Crisis

Driven by speculative finance, stagnant wages, and AI hype, today’s tech-heavy economy mirrors the fragile plutonomy that collapsed into the Great Crash of 1929.

Yeva Nersisyan and L. Randall Wray Sep 1, 2026

Metal of the Past, Metal of the Future

Copper, the first metal worked by humans, will be crucial to decarbonization, and could be the path to a Chinese Century.

Bill Barclay Aug 29, 2026

Monthly Jobs Analysis

The Latest Job Calamity—Mostly Home-Made

The Latest Unemployment Report from the National Jobs for All Network

Frank Stricker Aug 26, 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