November/December 2021

Retirement Savings in the Dark

For most of the 20th century, there was a clear wall between working people’s pension funds and the riskier corners of financial markets. This wasn’t accidental—it was the law.

The Shrinking Cushion of Unpaid Care

Many feminists urge a transition toward a dual-earner/dual-carer system in which women and men alike earn money and provide unpaid care for their families and communities. But is this possible in the current economic system?

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

Retirement Savings in the Dark

Interview: The Economics of Trump's War on Iran

The Shrinking Cushion of Unpaid Care

November/December 2021

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the regulars