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 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.

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