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 238: November/December 2001

features

Braceros or Amnesty?

David Bacon

Immigrant workers fight for legalization.
Haiti in 2001: Political Deadlock, Economic Crisis

Chris Tilly and Marie Kennedy
Social Security Q&A

Ellen Frank
The Hidden Costs of Private Accounts

Ellen Frank
The Surplus Vanishes: A New Budget Battle

John Miller
Lines in the Sand: A Tourism Debacle in Southern Mexico

Wendy Call
Reversal of Fortune on Nicaragua's Atlantic Coast

Mark Pitsch and Rob Ritzenthaler

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