Fighting Climate Change in Portlandia
Not only is failure not an option, those fighting to avert cataclysmic climate change have achieved important successes worthy of celebrating.
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Why Economics
This is the text of a speech Frank Ackerman, economist and one of the founders of Dollars & Sense, wrote
Our Latest Issue!
Our very latest issue is finally out. (I hope not to have to keep using this joke, due to our
The Big Bean Bubble
By Polly Cleveland In my last post, I wrote how, in A Brief History of Doom, Richard Vague shows how
With Foreign Trade, Are Progressives and Trump on the Same Page?
Dear Dr. Dollar: Progressives opposed the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). President Donald Trump
U.S. Agriculture Needs a 21st-Century New Deal
These are difficult times in farm country. Historic spring rains--600% above average in some places--inundated fields and homes. The U.
Why the Climate Crisis Is Also the Crisis of Capitalism
Many people are wary of bringing a critique of capitalism into the discussion of climate change, even if they are
Review: A Brief History of Doom
By Polly Cleveland Review of A Brief History of Doom: Two Hundred Years of Financial Crises, by Richard Vague A
Our Latest Issue!
Our (very late) May/June 2019 issue, our Annual Labor Issue is out! Two articles from the issue are posted--Mark
Immigration Policy: The Deal We Need
By Alfredo R. M. Rosete The immigration debate in the United States has gotten stuck on the issue of more
Traditional Measures of Unemployment Are Missing the Mark
We've heard it countless times in recent media accounts: The economy is at "full employment." The