The Plutonomy—AI Edition—and the Coming Crisis
Driven by speculative finance, stagnant wages, and AI hype, today’s tech-heavy economy mirrors the fragile plutonomy that collapsed into the Great Crash of 1929.
Issue 253
4 articles
Job-Based Health Insurance: Sick and Getting Sicker
Job-based health insurance is terminally ill. A long-term decline in the percentage of workers who get health insurance
Gay Marriage Blues
This month, thanks to the state Supreme Court's unprecedented decision last November, gay men and lesbians will begin
The Haiti Crisis: Aristide Is Not the Issue
One of the biggest mistakes people have made looking at the recent Haitian crisis has been to focus on the
Black Job Loss Déjà Vu
Think the typical job-loser in today's economy is a white computer programmer whose job has been outsourced to India? Think again.