Tax the Rich and Save the World
A movement to reshape the structure of taxation in the U.S. is gaining steam.
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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
India's Farmers' Protests: What's behind one of the largest protests in history?
In November 2020, in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, landowning farmers, and mostly landless farmworkers--men and women,
In the Drivers' Seat
Can a cooperative in New York City point the way for imagining alternatives to Big Tech?
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
Why Is Student Debt Cancelation Such a Big Deal?
Dear Dr. Dollar: Now that President Biden is in office, I've noticed news reports about the possible cancellation
Rolling Up the Welcome Mat at the Door to the Promised Land
The Economic History of the Great Migration and Its Aftermath
Caring by the Dollar: Nursing Homes, Private Equity, and Covid-19
A Brief History of the Nursing Home Industry
Pandemic Mail
Reimagining the role of the USPS during and beyond the Covid-19 pandemic by looking to the past.
Libor Rigging Redux: Was there a third dimension to the Libor scandal?
Economics textbooks teach you that the London Interbank Offered Rate (known by the acronym "Libor") is the rate