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 260: July/August 2005

features

Fisherfolk Out, Tourists In

Vasuki Nesiah

Sri Lanka's reconstruction plans could be as damaging as the tsunami itself.
The Tsunami and the Mangroves

Devinder Sharma
After Kyoto

Paul Cummings &Amp; Adria Scharf

Finally in effect, the Kyoto Protocol falls short. There's a better path to both just development and a stable climate.
Rights Fight

Adam Sacks

Townships in rural Pennsylvania take on factory farms--and corporate rights.
CAFTA's Debt Trap

Aldo Caliari

the regulars

the short run
active culture Stopping TABOR
comment Greenspan's thuggery / Work supports or WalMart subsidies?
economy in numbers Medical costs and bankruptcy