Issue 342: May/June 2019

The Optimal Tax

John Miller

Mainstream economics supports a 70% top income tax rate (or higher). | Read more »
The Rocket Science of Sanitation

Abhilasha Srivastava

Understanding the plight of the Indian workers who are not considered workers. | Read more »
Why Is the Economy Doing So Well?

Arthur Macewan

First we should ask: Has the U.S. economy really been doing so well? | Read more »
Traditional Measures of Unemployment
Are Missing the Mark

Mark Paul

Puzzling through why, despite low unemployment, significant wage increases remain elusive. | Read more »

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Beyond the Myth and Through the Mexican Labyrinth

James M. Cypher and Mateo Crossa

Labor under the “New NAFTA,” the U.S.-Canada-Mexico Agreement | Order this issue or subscribe.