Tax Billionaires, Save Lives: California’s Proposition 40 Is Met With a Heap of Meritless Objections

A one-time tax on the super wealthy is an important step toward greater equality.

John Miller Oct 21, 2026

How to Fund a Fairer Economy—and Reduce Inequality

How can we fund universal childcare, Medicare for All, and a green economy while reducing inequality? A new plan shows how taxing wealth and corporate profits more fairly—and cutting wasteful spending—could pay for a fairer, more prosperous economy.

Nancy Folbre Oct 15, 2026

Left Hook Economics

When All Else Is Out of Bounds, Zap Labor

From Nixon’s wage controls to today’s interest rate hikes, the fight against inflation has targeted labor.

Arthur MacEwan Oct 2, 2026

Issue 253: May/June 2004

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Black Job Loss Deja Vu

Betsy Leondar-Wright

Black workers take the biggest hit in the job-loss economy - so what's new?
No More Savings!

Ellen Frank

The case for social wealth.
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The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power

Joel Bakan

How companies extract money from young children, and more.
The Case Against Privatizing National Security

Ann Markusen

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