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.
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Dear Dr. Dollar: Are Governments Economically Stupid in Failing to Suspend Patent Protection for Vaccines?
A recent study from the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) showed that the rich countries' failure to support worldwide vaccinations against Covid-19 is likely to do severe harm to their own economies. Based on the study, Oxfam commented: "The U.S., U.K., Germany, France, Japan, and Italy toget
Monopoly So Fragile
Container ships that have gotten "too big to sail" illustrate one of the less-appreciated harms of monopoly.
Fighting the Wealth Hoarders with Transparency and Taxes
By Polly Cleveland Over the last five years, from my 5th floor apartment window, I’ve watched a blue spire
2021 Annual Labor Issue
Our May/June 2021 Annual Labor Issue is being sent out to e-subscribers today, on International Workers' Day, and
India's Farmers' Protests: What's behind one of the largest protests in history?
Farmers blocking one of the blocking main entry-point highways to Delhi in order to voice their opposition to farm laws
In the Drivers' Seat
Can a cooperative in New York City point the way for imagining alternatives to Big Tech?
Dear Dr. Dollar: Can the Decline of Unions Be Reversed?
It seems pretty clear that strong labor unions have been important in reducing economic inequality. But as labor unions have represented a declining share of workers, inequality has gotten worse and worse. Insofar as the decline of unions has been a result of globalization and technological change,
Taxing More from the Rich Is Difficult. This Is How to Do It.
By Polly Cleveland In the March 1 UK Prospect, economist James Galbraith offers the Brits, and us, two proposals to
March/April 2021 Issue
Our March/April 2021 issue has gone out to e-subscribers and will be mailed soon to print subscribers. (Not a