Where Have All the New Jobs Gone?

Job creation has come to a near halt. What explains employers’ reluctance to create new jobs in an expanding economy?

John Miller Oct 20, 2025

November/December 2025

New York City Nurses Confront an Austerity Avalanche

Medicaid cuts are being used to push austerity in hospitals’ contract negotiations with nurses, even as some hospitals dabble in financial speculation and their CEOs rake in millions.

Nick French Oct 17, 2025

Left Hook Economics

Taxing the Top

In a world in which some people keep getting way more than they need, while others can hardly get by, Robin Hood starts to look better and better.

Nancy Folbre Oct 15, 2025

Issue 319

5 articles

Issue 319

Poverty Crime, Privileged Crime

Policing and Economic Inequality

Kristian Williams Jul 1, 2015

Issue 319

The Economics of Net Neutrality

First in an article series: MONEY YELLS!--Market Power and Corporate Control of Information.

Rob Larson Jul 1, 2015

Issue 319

Do Locavores Have a Dilemma?

Economists debate the local food movement.

Anita Dancs and Helen Scharber Jul 1, 2015

Issue 319

Trans-Pacific Partnership: Corporate Power Unbound

The case [for opposing the Trans-Pacific Partnership] put forth by a showboating Sen. Elizabeth Warren is almost worse than wrong.

John Miller Jul 1, 2015

Issue 319

From Boring Banking to Roaring Banking

How the financial sector grew out of control, and how we can change it.

An Interview with Gerald Epstein Jul 1, 2015