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.
Issue 237: September/October 2001
features
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U.S. Banks and the Dirty Money Empire
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Labor and Democracy in South Africa
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Shifting Gears
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Social-Movement Unionism in South Africa
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Dying to Serve You
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Reducing Official Poverty is Not Enough
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Surplus Value Day
the regulars
- letters
- the short run
- active cultureWriters Battle Media Companies / College Students Oppose Private Prisons
- commentCanadian Dream
- making senseRead All About It / A Cracked Foundation for Spain's Economy / Un-FAIR to Small Farmers
- in reviewA World, Not a Nation
- ask dr. dollarWhat's the difference between GDP and GNP?
- economy in numbersGetting Back More Than They Give
- primerDemocratizing Brazil