November/December 2015

The Plutonomy—AI Edition—and the Coming Crisis

Driven by speculative finance, stagnant wages, and AI hype, today’s tech-heavy economy mirrors the fragile plutonomy that collapsed into the Great Crash of 1929.

Walled Off from Reality

John Miller

Trump’s claims about immigration economics are without merit. | Read more »
What Would Sanders Do?

Gerald Friedman

The Dynamic Effects of Seven Sanders Initiatives Read more »
A Superfund for Workers

Jeremy Brecher

How to promote a “just transition” and break out of the “jobs vs. environment“ trap. Read more »
The Worst Place in the U.S. to Be Black Is ... Wisconsin

Dan Schneider

In key economic indicators affecting African Americans, the Dairy State ranks the worst or nearly the worst. Read more »
Puerto Rico’s Colonial Economy

Arthur Macewan

Dear Dr. Dollar: It seems like Puerto Rico’s economic and financial mess came out of nowhere. Doesn’t Washington send a generous amount of funds to the island? Read more »