November/December 2010

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.

Update on Mortgage Lending Discrimination

By Jim Campen

After a disastrous detour, we’re back where we started. Read more »
Deficits: Real Issue, Phony Debates

By Rick Wolff

What’s at stake on either side of the class divide. Read more »
Underwater

By Rob Larson

Profits and pay are sky-high, even as bad loans are sinking the megabanks. Read more »
That Hurt! Let’s Do It Again.

By John Miller

Responding to the Journal’s nostalgia for the Reagan tax-cuts. Read more »

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The Economics and Politics of Depropriation in the Other Colombia

By Patricia Rodriguez

In this Caribbean region of Colombia, to talk of displacement of communities by corporations does not do justice to the reality; rather, locals speak of depropriation, or the takeover of property and livelihoods with complete impunity. | Order this issue or subscribe.

the regulars

the short run
ampersand

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two cents
comment The Case for a National Infrastructure Bank
in reviewRobert Bryce, Power Hungry; Felicia Jackson, Conquering Carbon
economy in numbers How Might Black Workers Fare in the Jobless Recovery?
ask dr. dollar Is China’s Currency Manipulation Hurting the U.S.?

The U.S. Care Affordability Crisis

How to End Wars for Oil: Stop Burning Oil Altogether

Economists, the Trump Tariffs, and Alternatives

November/December 2010

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the regulars