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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G-8 Crisis: Failing to Fight Food Prices
This weeks meeting of the G-8 Industrial nation’s leaders concluded with a statement pledging action on, in part, the
Unemployment and Production Stagnation
According to recent reports on unemployment, the U.S. economy shed an additional 62,000 jobs in June bring the
Victory on unemployment insurance!
This just in from our friends at the Economic Policy Institute: After months of campaigning by EPI and allied groups,
The Doctors' Revolt
Ida Hellander, executive director of Physicians for a National Health Program, emailed us recently with praise for Paying More, Getting
Repackaging Globalization
The 15th World Congress of the International Economic Association (IEA) kicked off a five day convention yesterday, June 25th, entitled
Cousin ♥ NY Landlord
We received a long and interesting comment about our recent post, Scenes from the Class Struggle in the East Village,
Sexy Comrades and the City
This hilarious item is from MRZine: Sex sans the City (A Post-Marxist Preview) Read the whole piece here.
Scenes from the Class Struggle in the East Village
The New York Times recently ran a story about a New York landlord, Alistair Economakis, who is trying to convert
Elasticity! Why cutting gas taxes won’t lower prices, but will fatten oil companies
When Clinton and McCain proposed cutting gas taxes, I asked my environmental economics students, "So how much do you
EPI urges immediate action on unemployment benefits extension
A press release from the Economic Policy Institute: This morning, EPI Vice President Ross Eisenbrey issued the following statement on
Labour as a "Limited Liability Party"?!
Excerpts from a recent article from the New Statesman , about one proposal for how Britain's Labour Party can
Race, Ethnicity, and the Subprime Mortgage Crisis
Presented by EPI's Program on Race, Ethnicity, and the Economy Thursday, June 12, 2008 Registration 2:30 pm