Left Hook Economics 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
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