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 344

3 articles

Issue 344

A Primer on Debt

What should concern us about historically high levels of debt.

Bruce Parry Sep 1, 2019

Issue 344

Why Economics

This is the text of a speech Frank Ackerman, economist and one of the founders of Dollars & Sense, wrote

Frank Ackerman Sep 1, 2019

Issue 344

Resuscitating Private Social Security Accounts

Countering Inequality with Panic and Prevarication

John Miller Sep 1, 2019