Wage Stagnation vs. Living Wages for U.S. Workers Today
Far from earning living wages, most U.S. workers have experienced wage stagnation since the 1970s--a trend largely obscured by political rhetoric and misinformation.
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Our latest issue!
We have sent our latest (July/August 2020) issue to the printers and to e-subscribers, and we'd already
Review of Thomas Frank's "The People, No"
By Polly Cleveland These days the major media fill with denunciations of populists. They are the ignorant people who rally
Police Violence Is Enabled by 'Liberal' Politicians' Massive Spending
George Floyd's death proves again why America needs to defund bloated and militarized police departments.
Local or Far Away?
Economists tend to assume that the sole goal of our economic activity is to get things as cheaply possible. But outside the narrow world of economics, people care about a lot of other things.
Essential--and Expendable--Mexican Labor
On both sides of the border, Mexican workers are now essential--to U.S. corporations.
Corporate Funding of Police Foundations
The lavish overfunding of the police goes beyond public money.
Out of Policy Ideas? Cut Capital Gains Taxes!
Economists react to the Covid-19 economy with a familiar cure-all.
Dating the Recession
Alarmed by the coronavirus-induced economic collapse, the NBER declares the economy in a recession in record time. By John Miller
Murder of George Floyd and My Segregated Youth
By John Weeks John Weeks is a London-based member of the Union for Radical Political Economics (URPE), one of the
New: Annual Labor Issue
Our May/June issue, which is our Annual Labor Issue, is finally at the printers. We just posted Nicole Aschoff&
Capitalism’s Surveillance Squeeze
By Zoe Sherman This is the script for Zoe Sherman's contribution to Democracy @ Work's "This
Richard Vague on Credit Expansion and Land Speculation
Frequent D&S author Polly Cleveland interviewed Richard Vague last week (more info here and here); here is the