Left Hook Economics California Greening: Fighting Climate Change in the Golden State Governor Jerry Brown launched the most aggressive and successful combination of programs to combat climate change we have yet seen in the United States—understanding these programs can help other states do the same. Robin Hahnel May 26, 2026
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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 » Subscribe Order this issue Available only in the print edition: Surviving Academia and Performing Sex Work Jenny Heineman A Look at Labor under Neoliberalism 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 | the regulars editor’s note Labor and Ideology the short run comment Shop & Stop Victory in review James Bloodworth, Hired, and Heike Geissler, Seasonal Associate economy in numbers State of the Unions 45th anniversary reprints From March 1984: Target—Labor’s Elite
