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 254: July/August 2004

features

The Bad Neighbor

Esther Cervantes

Alcoa's dirty deals in central Texas
The Coming Era of Wealth Taxation

Gar Alperovitz

Taxing wealth is not only politically feasible - it's inevitable
Geese, Golden Eggs, and Traps

Chris Tilly

Why inequality is bad for the economy

the regulars

the short run
active culture Predatory lending victims fight back and win
making sense Operation Iraqi Plunder / Foxonomics flops
up against the Wall Street Journal Reaganomics
ask dr. dollar Should developing countries embrace protectionism?
economy in numbers Offshoring by the numbers