January/February 2018

Disabled People Are the Canaries in the Coal Mine

The disabled community has responded to the adversities they face by organizing for legal rights that protect their autonomy and access to public life. But these rights are increasingly under attack.

Is Economic Growth Compatible with
Ecological Sustainability?

Arthur Macewan

Dear Dr. Dollar: Why do economists who claim to care about climate change keep talking about “growth, growth, growth”?Read more »
Trump and National Neoliberalism, Revisited

Sasha Breger-Bush

An assessment of the Trump presidency, one year in. Read more »

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Whatever Happened to Development?

Jawied Nawabi

Why have so few countries—out of about 120 newly independent countries that have emerged since World War II—achieved successful development? | Order this issue or subscribe.

Worst-Case Economics

An Interview with Frank Ackerman

Understanding the economics of extreme events in climate change and financial instability. | Order this issue or subscribe.

the regulars

editor’s note Ideas for Better Taxes
the short run
making sense Let’s Try Employer-Side Payroll Taxes
up against the Wall Street Journal State Millionaires’ Taxes Do Work
in review Keith Payne, The Broken Ladder

Overcoming Trump’s U.S. Health Care Wrecking Ball

Disabled People Are the Canaries in the Coal Mine

Interview: Trump's Foreign Policy

January/February 2018

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the regulars