March/April 2022

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?

Corporate Taxes: Less, Less, and Less

Arthur Macewan

The experience of the last several decades has long been one of declining corporate tax rates and a declining share of federal revenue coming from corporations. | Read more »
The New Tools of the Fed

John Miller

Monetary Policy Since the Financial Crisis | Read more »
Solving the Climate Crisis with Nuclear Energy Won’t Work

Robert Pollin

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has dramatized and intensified the dangers associated with operating nuclear power plants. | Read more »

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Confronting Neoliberalism at Last

James M. Cypher

Power vs. Policy in Gabriel Boric’s Chile
How “Big Oil” Works the System and Keeps Winning

Naomi Oreskes and Jeff Nesbit

Oil and gas interests have refined their techniques to stay a step ahead over decades.

the regulars

editors’ note Is There an Alternative?
the short run
two cents
cartoon Welfare Saves Money
making sense Credible Strike Threats
in review Anne Case and Angus Deaton, Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism

Retirement Savings in the Dark

Interview: The Economics of Trump's War on Iran

The Shrinking Cushion of Unpaid Care

March/April 2022

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the regulars