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 265: May/June 2006

features

Ripple Effects of Raising the Minimum Wage

Jeannette Wicks-Lim

Which workers, and how many, benefit from new minimum and living wage laws?
Gender Responsive Budgeting

Jane Midgley

Assessing the impact of government budgets on women and girls
Legalizing Human Trafficking

Basav Sen

WTO negotiations threaten to worsen the lot of migrant workers worldwide.

the regulars

the short run
letters Feedback on our Katrina issue
obituary John Kenneth Galbraith
active culture Prison phones / San Francisco housing victory
comment Corporate social responsibility: An insider's view
making sense The globalization clock
primer Class and economics
economy in numbers Immigrants and the labor market (pdf)