May/June 2014

Retirement Savings in the Dark

For most of the 20th century, there was a clear wall between working people’s pension funds and the riskier corners of financial markets. This wasn’t accidental—it was the law.

Why the Shift from Production to Speculation?

By Arthur Macewan

Dear Dr. Dollar: Why has our economy switched so greatly away from maufacturing towards speculative, financial activity? Read more »
Recovery Denied

By John Miller

The Wall Street Journal editors must not be paying attention if they think that doubling down on the pro-rich, free-market policies is going to restore “forgone prosperity” for most people. Read more »
The Big Casino

By Doug Orr

The problem with the stock market is not just that the casino game has been rigged to favor some gamblers—the problem is the existence of the casino in the first place. Read more »
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“Fewer! Fewer! Fewer!”

By Marjolein Van Der Veen

A Step Too Far for the Ultra-Right in the Netherlands? Read more »
The Era of Financialization

An Interview with Costas Lapavitsas

How transformations at the “molecular” level of capitalism that are driving changes in economic performance and policy. Pts. 1 & 2 | Pts. 3 & 4

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the regulars

editorial note Getting to the Root of Things
the short run Piketty and David Brooks | JPMorgan Chase Hypocrisy | Donald Sterling
cartoon Global Warming Planet
active culture Machinists’ Reform Movement
in review Lane Kenworthy, Social Democratic America
economy in numbers What Happened to the Recovery? Part 1
40th anniversary retrospectiveThe Roller Coaster Heads Down

The Byproducts of the War on Iran

Who Will Work in a Warming World?

Retirement Savings in the Dark

May/June 2014

Available only in the print edition:

the regulars