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 233: January/February 2001

features

Serbia After Milosevic

Jeremy Scahill

Let the Neoliberal Games Begin.
Corporate Welfare for Welfare Corporations

Karyn Rotker
Hunter or Shepherds of the Sea?

Samuel Scott

Understanding the Fisheries Crisis of the Northwest Atlantic
Business and Climate Change

David L. Levy

Privatizing Enviromental Regulation?
The ABCs of "Free-Trade" Agreements

The Dollars &Amp; Sense Collective
The IMF and World Bank's Cosmetic Makeover

Sarah Anderson
Thirty Years of Chilean Socialism

Alejandro Reuss

the regulars

lettersDirty Politics
the short runThe Cuban Model
primerIs India Roundup Ready?
active cultureStorming the Université
commentAn Electoral Fixation
making sense"The case reported here are not exceptional..."
ask dr. dollarIs There Any Evidence for "Trickle Down"?
in reviewColorado: 1870-2000
economy in numbersThe "Other America" Revisited