May/June 2016

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.

Do Trade Agreements Foreclose Progressive Policy?

Arthur MacEwan

Dear Dr. Dollar: Doesn’t theliberalization of U.S. economic policies abroad foreclose the possibility of progressive policies at home? Read more »
It Pays to Be White

Jeannette Wicks-Lim

Assessing how White people benefit from race-based economic inequality. | Read more »
The “Emerging” Economies Today

An Interview with Jayati Ghosh

What’s driving the slowdown in growth in China and other “emerging” economies, and what’s next for their development? | Read more »
Criminal Inequality: Progressives Are Not Guilty

John Miller

Progressives have the perfect alibi when it comes to rising inequality: they were never at scene of the crime. | Read more »

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Inversion Acceleration

Roger Bybee

More and more U.S. corporations are sending their HQ’s offshore to reap immense tax savings. | Order this issue or subscribe. | The sources for this article are available here.

the regulars

editors’ note The Age of Misdirection
the short run
in review Randall Wray, Why Minsky Matters
economy in numbersDifferent Models, Different Politics

The Political Economy of Palestine

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

The Left Wave That Swept Democratic Primaries

May/June 2016

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the regulars