Zohran Mamdani’s Bold Program for an Affordable New York City
In a shocking upset, socialist Zohran Mamdani bested former governor Andrew Cuomo in the June 24 New York City mayoral
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The Doha Round: A Bad Deal All Round
An opinion piece in today's Guardian by Tim Wise (former D&S editor, now of the Global
More on the "Fire Industrial Comlex"
Another report on the high cost of private contractors fighting fires, often saving rich people's homes, with public
Forest Fires, Privatization, Prison Labor
The business program Marketplace, from American Public Radio, whose economic coverage usually leans pro-business (or cheerily "neutral," which
How hospitals are killing E.R. patients.
This is from Joel A. Harrison, author of our recent feature, Paying More, Getting Less, which provides a novel argument
What free markets?
Our July/August issue is (finally) going to press; here is the Editors' Note for the issue: The government&
Federal government trails 23 states on minimum wage
The latest Economic Snapshot from the Economic Policy Institute: The second part of a multi-stage hike in the federal minimum
We're not keeping up
This is from our pal J-P Ferguson: There's a good story by Louis Uchitelle, one of the Times
IMF = Death
A new study in the journal PLoS of Medicine by Cambridge researcher David Stuckler reports that the rise in rates
Companies Get $100 Million In SBA Contracts They Don't Deserve
According to the Washington Post, a new GAO report identifies over $100 million in Small Business Administration contracts that have
A Stronger Social Safety Net Would Free the Fed
This is from the Wall Street Journal's Real Time Economics column: Read the whole article.
Statement on the Bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
A statement from Dean Baker of the Center for Economics and Policy Research: Read the full statement.
Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac, Revisited
The bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac that was announced yesterday was predictable. In fact, D&S collective