September/October 2014

Zapping Labor: The Sharp Rise of Income Inequality Initiated in the Early 1980s

How Federal Reserve policies, the recession they triggered, and broader political and economic changes weakened workers’ power and helped usher in an era of extreme inequality.

The Left Wave That Swept Democratic Primaries

A string of primary victories by DSA-backed candidates and other progressives—from New York to Michigan to Florida—is giving the Democratic left new leverage while putting its ambitious economic agenda back at the center of the party’s debate.

After Horror, Change?

By John Miller

Just how much change has taken place since the April, 2013 collapse of the Rana Plaza garment factory building in Bangladesh? | Read more »
The Future of Work, Leisure, and Consumption

An Interview with Juliet Schor

...in an Age of Economic and Ecological Crisis
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The Ex-Im Bank: “Crony Capitalism”?

By Arthur Macewan

Dear Dr. Dollar: Why are conservatives making a big deal about the Export-Import Bank? Are they right that it’s an example of “crony capitalism”? | Read more »
“Just Cause” and Job Insecurity

By Rand Wilson

Is teacher tenure obsolete? Or is it the kind of policy that should protect all workers? | Read more »