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September/October 2025

Zohran Mamdani’s Bold Program for an Affordable New York City

A rundown of the Democratic mayoral nominee's policy positions.

Nick French Sep 13, 2025

Driving Off a Cliff?

Donald Trump’s tariffs will make the U.S. auto industry less competitive and leave the industry out of step with the auto market's shift to EVs.

Bill Barclay Sep 11, 2025

Left Hook Economics

The Underestimated “Price of Parenting”

Even a low-ball estimate of the cost of time shows just how misleading an estimate based only on money expenditures really is.

Nancy Folbre Sep 9, 2025

September/October 2023

Issue 368

September/October 2023

Meet the Lobbyists Running Cover
for Harlan Crow and Price-Fixing Landlords

Sam Knight | October 27

The National Multifamily Housing Council took a page from Justice Clarence Thomas’ nondisclosure playbook. | Read more »
Will the World Ditch the Dollar?

Sasha Breger Bush, Nimra Bukhari, Jesselina Cordova, Nicholas Ingram, Ketsia Kabela, Jake Kai, and Vicente Tapia

War, Empire, and the Global Movement Against U.S. Monetary Hegemony | Read more »

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features

The Politics of “One Piece”

Alfredo R. M. Rosete

A best-selling comic points to new directions in labor and environmental justice.

the regulars

editors’ note Trying Times for the Dollar
the short run
cartoon I'm Proud to Be a Self-Made Billionaire
up against the wall street journal The Myth of Millionaire Tax Migration
in review Foundations of Real-World Economics by John Komlos
economy in numbers Who Benefits from U.S. Economic Expansions?
dr. dollar The Economic Conditions of Black People in the United States