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 239: January/February 2002

features

Return of The Iron Triangle: The New Military Buildup

James M. Cypher
Baseball, Hot Dogs, Apple Pie...Strike!

Hannah Clark

In a time of crisis, Minnesota state employees stand up for their rights while the governor sits down on the job.
The Mercurial Economics of The "Phantom Palestinian State"

Karen Pfeifer
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

Nancy Folbre

Feminist thoughts on globalization.
Testing...Testing...One, Two, Three

Amy Gluckman

The Commercial Side of the Standardized-Testing Boom

the regulars

the short run
letters
active culture Buy Nothing Day
making sense Recession for the Holidays / Safety for Sale / On a Fast Track to Free Trade Hell
labor beat Dockworkers Stand Up to Racism, Repression, and Corporate Globalization - and Win!
in review Poverty: A National Emergency
ask dr. dollar The Growth Imperative
economy in numbers The "Race to the Bottom" in Imported Clothes