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Left Hook Economics

Tax Billionaires, Save Lives: California’s Proposition 40 Is Met With a Heap of Meritless Objections

A one-time tax on the super wealthy is an important step toward greater equality.

John Miller Oct 21, 2026

Left Hook Economics

How to Fund a Fairer Economy—and Reduce Inequality

How can we fund universal childcare, Medicare for All, and a green economy while reducing inequality? A new plan shows how taxing wealth and corporate profits more fairly—and cutting wasteful spending—could pay for a fairer, more prosperous economy.

Nancy Folbre Oct 15, 2026

Left Hook Economics

When All Else Is Out of Bounds, Zap Labor

From Nixon’s wage controls to today’s interest rate hikes, the fight against inflation has targeted labor.

Arthur MacEwan Oct 2, 2026

Issue 231

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Issue 231

Know-Nothings and Know-It-Alls

What's Wrong with the Hype about Globalization

Jessica Collins and John Miller Sep 1, 2000

Issue 231

What's Wrong with Welfare to Work?

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D&S Admin Sep 1, 2000

Issue 231

The Wal-Mart Trap

For every woman shattering the glass ceiling, there are many more trapped in low-wage jobs and working conditions that

Annete Bernhardt Sep 1, 2000

Issue 231

They Say Give Back, We Say Fight Back

The Legacy of the Hormel Strike, Fifteen Years Later

Peter Rachleff Sep 1, 2000