May/June 2018

Game Changers: Economic Policies for a Working America

The Political Economy Research Institute’s new initiative brings together economists and practitioners to develop transformative but practical policies for a fairer, greener, and more democratic economy.

Beyond Trump's Tariffs and Trade War

John Miller

Trump's tariffs will indeed harm the U.S. economy, but the WSJ editors’ free-market policies are not a desirable alternative. Read more »
Financing a Sustainable Economy in Los Angeles

Jane Paul

Part 1 of a Series: A Sustainable Economy Rises
in Los Angeles Read more »
What’s Behind the Teachers’ Strikes

Ellen David Friedman

The Labor-Movement Dynamic of Teacher Insurgencies Read more »
How Filipino Migrants Gave the Grape Strike Its Radical Politics

David Bacon

Honoring Larry Itliong and a generation of radicals whose political ideas are as relevant to workers now as they were in 1965. Read more »