Zapping Labor: The Sharp Rise of Income Inequality Initiated in the Early 1980s

How Federal Reserve policies, the recession they triggered, and broader political and economic changes weakened workers’ power and helped usher in an era of extreme inequality.

The Left Wave That Swept Democratic Primaries

A string of primary victories by DSA-backed candidates and other progressives—from New York to Michigan to Florida—is giving the Democratic left new leverage while putting its ambitious economic agenda back at the center of the party’s debate.

Frank Ackerman

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Local Responsibility for a Global Problem: Juliana v. the U.S.

The following is the text of the speech that Liz Stanton gave at Wednesday night's event at Tufts

Liz Stanton Sep 20, 2019

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In Memoriam, Frank Ackerman

As we mentioned in the editors' note for our July/August issue, Frank Ackerman, one of the founders of

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Worst Case Economics

Cross-posted from our sister blog, Triple Crisis. Frank Ackerman is principal economist at Synapse Energy Economics in Cambridge, Mass.

Alejandro Reuss Jan 22, 2018

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New Issue! Focus on Europe

We have just sent our May/June 2017 issue to e-subscribers, and print subscribers should find the issue in

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New Issue!

Our January/February issue is finally out--sent to e-subscribers a couple of days ago, and in the mail

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Tuesday Links; New Issue!

New Issue! We are just sending this to the printers; e-subscribers will get their full-color pdfs in the

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