July/August 2021

Private Equity’s Profit Charade

Private equity's seemingly high returns have been attributed to "freedom" from regulation. But, however explained, there is the question of how real the private equity profits have actually been.

The Limits of Ethical Consumerism

Marc Triller

Can we save the world, one bamboo spork at a time? | Read more »
Social Infrastructure and the Care Crisis

Ying Chen, Zhongjin Li,and Yang Zhan

An Evaluation of China’s Covid-19 Experience | Read more »
Monopoly So Fragile

Cory Doctorow

Container ships that have gotten “too big to sail” illustrate one of the less-appreciated harms of monopoly. | Read more »
Boeing Hijacked
by Shareholders and Execs!

Marie Christine Duggan

What the downfall of Boeing tells us about our financialized economy. | Read more »
Are the Rich Countries Being Stupid
on Global Vaccines?

Arthur Macewan

Dear Dr. Dollar: Moral issues aside, are the governments of rich countries being economically stupid by protecting pharmaceutical companies’ vaccine patents? | Read more »

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editors’ note Dangerous Monopoly
the short run
cartoon
Making Sense Destroying the Illusions of the Restaurant Industry
up against the wall street journal Taxing Corporations Is Infrastructure
in review Teatro Anónimo, Espíritu

Mass Deportations Drain Economic Growth

Private Equity’s Profit Charade

The Private Equity Deception

July/August 2021

Available only in the print edition:

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