Mamdani’s Municipal Socialist Inheritance

Buried in the historical record are the vibrant currents of municipal socialism that reshaped our urban worlds more than we acknowledge or even realize.

Shelton Stromquist Sep 28, 2025

The D&S Debrief

Interview: Municipal Socialism

An interview with Shel Stromquist on municipal socialism in the United States.

Shelton Stromquist Sep 28, 2025

Left Hook Economics

Stablecoins: Crypto Kryptonite

Despite being called a currency, crypto lacks one of the most important characteristics that a currency (money) should have—a stable value.

Gerald Epstein Sep 26, 2025

Issue 335

4 articles

Issue 335

Modern Money

A Legal, Functional, and Historical Primer on Mondern Monetary Theory

Robert Hockett Mar 1, 2018

Issue 335

Rising Asset Bubbles Distort the Industrial Base

Lessons from MPB in Keene, N.H., 1987 to 2003

Marie Christine Duggan Mar 1, 2018

Issue 335

12 Rules for Spitting on the Poor

Self-help books have no politics. Indeed, in self-help books, there is, to quote Margaret Thatcher out of context, "No

Noah Berlatsky Mar 1, 2018

Issue 335

Growing Together, Flying Apart

Regional Disparities in American Politics and Economics

Gerald Friedman Mar 1, 2018