September/October 2026

features

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.

BY YEVA NERSISYAN AND L. RANDALL WRAY

Regime Change at the Fed

Will Warsh’s Ideological Transformation Succeed?

BY JOHN MILLER

What's Up with Gas Prices

BY MARK MAIER

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the short run

making sense | The FCC Refuses to Lower Prison Phone Rates

comment | Taxing the Rich Is Not Enough

economy in narrative | Deathbots

economy in numbers | The Trump-Induced Black Recession