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 258: March/April 2005

features

Rich and Poor in the Global Economy

Bob Sutcliffe

Measuring world inequality
The Land Trust Solution

Michelle Sheehan

Conservation land trusts protect farmland from developers.
Burlington Busts the Affordable Housing Debate

Daniel Fireside

One city's radical 20-year experiment in affordable housing
Environmentalism in a Post-Capitalist Society

Interview with Robin Hahnel
BOOK EXCERPT: Economic Justice and Democracy: From Competition to Cooperation

Robin Hahnel

What progressives must do to transform the economic system

the regulars

the short run
letters
active culture Earn-a-Bike in Africa
comment Payola pundits
follow-up The true Social Security "dependency ratio"
up against the wall street journal Debunking the "Index of Economic Freedom"
in review Weapons of Mass Deception
economy in numbers Bush budget starves domestic programs