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Mayday! Mayday! Jobs, Health Care, and Trump’s Tantrum

We need to put an end to Trump’s war spending tax cuts for the wealthy and redirect those monies to public spending, especially social support programs.

John Miller Jun 26, 2026

Monthly Jobs Analysis

Not Just Any Jobs

The Unemployment Report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for May 2026—and More

Frank Stricker Jun 22, 2026

May/June 2026

The High Costs of the Cloud

Data centers make “the cloud” tangible. The supposed benefits—such as jobs—might not be.

Kalena Thomhave Jun 17, 2026

January/February 2022

Issue 358

January/February 2022

Leveraging Financial Markets for Social Justice

Doug Orr

Is divestment effective? | Read more »
Financialization and Inequality

Arthur Macewan

Dear Dr. Dollar: Is financialization responsible for the great increase in economic inequality of recent decades in the United States? | Read more »
Cryptocurrency Will Not Liberate Us

Hadas Thier

Deflating the Egalitarian Fantasies of Digital Currencies | Read more »
The Lure of “Democratizing” Finance

John Summa

Wall Street’s latest gimmick hooks a young, desperate, and gullible crowd. | Read more »
The Fed and the Racial Wealth Gap

John Miller

Will a Fed racial equality mandate improve monetary policy? | Read more »

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From Grain Futures to the Great Financial Crisis and Beyond

Bill Barclay

A Primer on Financial Derivatives

the regulars

editors’ note Finance and Class
the short run
cartoon Capitalism Is Doomed!
economy in numbers Concentration in Stock Ownership