Metal of the Past, Metal of the Future

Copper, the first metal worked by humans, will be crucial to decarbonization, and could be the path to a Chinese Century.

Bill Barclay Aug 29, 2026

Monthly Jobs Analysis

The Latest Job Calamity—Mostly Home-Made

The Latest Unemployment Report from the National Jobs for All Network

Frank Stricker Aug 26, 2026

Left Hook Economics

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.

Gerald Epstein Aug 22, 2026

January/February 2019

Issue 340

The Economics of Residential Rent Control

Stephen Barton

A Not-So-Simple Matter of Supply and Demand | Read more »
A Green Job Guarantee

John Miller

A federal job guarantee would alter the balance of power in the labor market in favor of workers. | Read more »
Neoliberalism Unchained

James M. Cypher

Jair Bolsonaro and the Rise of the Extreme Right in Brazil | Read more »

Available only in the print edition:

the regulars

editor’s note The Right and Resistance
the short run
making sense France’s Gilets Jaunes
in reviewThe Museum of Capitalism’s Boston Residency
economy in numbers The Unequal, and Unrepresentative, Senate
ask dr. dollar Is “MMT” an answer for the U.S.? For Greece?
45th anniversary reprints From January 1975: Work Stoppages