The High Costs of the Cloud
Data centers make “the cloud” tangible. The supposed benefits—such as jobs—might not be.
By Débora Nunes When the Brazilian presidential elections announced Jair Bolsonaro as the winner, the U.S. media almost immediately
Worst-Case Risks vs. Least-Cost Solutions
Dear Dr. Dollar: I regularly hear the claim that U.S. prosperity depends on exploiting poorer countries, but I have
Welcome to the first edition of our Real World Economics Round-up. Each month, we'll send you a
I recently received my November/December issue of our comrade publication Current Affairs in the mail (with the witty caption
Forget for a moment about "Medicare for All." A proposal is gaining steam on the left that would
By Polly Cleveland Four years ago, in The Mouse That Wouldn’t Die, I described how my husband’s colleague
Our November/December issue has been sent to e-subscribers and should be in the mail to print subscribers. The
By Abby Scher I learned to peer beyond my political bubble in the early 1980s, first when Ronald Reagan was
As prominent progressives talk up a federal job guarantee, what can we learn from earlier attempts to legislate full employment?