November/December 2021

The Plutonomy—AI Edition—and the Coming Crisis

Driven by speculative finance, stagnant wages, and AI hype, today’s tech-heavy economy mirrors the fragile plutonomy that collapsed into the Great Crash of 1929.

Climate Change, Social Justice, and the Green New Deal

Arthur Macewan

Dear Dr. Dollar: Doesn’t combating climate change need to be given top priority regardless of the impact on social justice? | Read more »
The Group Home Racket

John Summers

How a financial model masquerades as a human service. | Read more »
Why Record Numbers of Workers
Are Quitting and Striking

Sonali Kolhatkar

A viral video of a young woman quitting over a Walmart PA system is a symbol of the “Great Resignation.” | Read more »

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Edging Along the Precipice

Jan Lust and James M. Cypher

Can Peru’s new leftist President Pedro Castillo persist?
Living with Climate Change in Farmworker Communities

David Bacon

A Photo Essay on Farmworker Communities in California’s Southern San Joaquin Valley

the regulars

editors’ note Why Quit Now?
the short run
cartoon How City Budgets Work
comment Corporate Bankers Wary of Public Banking
in review Gavin Mueller, Breaking Things at Work

The Plutonomy—AI Edition—and the Coming Crisis

Metal of the Past, Metal of the Future

The Latest Job Calamity—Mostly Home-Made

November/December 2021

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the regulars