May/June 2017

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.

Is Nuclear Plant Closure a Mistake?

Frank Ackerman

Dear Dr. Dollar: In what I’ve read online about decommissioning of nuclear power plants, people say it is expensive and generally a disaster in the making. Is this true? Read more »
Reform or Revolution?

Alejandro Reuss

Pt. 3 of “European Social Democracy and the Roots of the Eurozone Crisis.” Read more »
Understanding Brexit

John Weeks

A primer on the split that has now been set into motion. Read more »