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 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