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.
Issue 349
5 articles
Out of Policy Ideas? Cut Capital Gains Taxes!
Economists react to the Covid-19 economy with a familiar cure-all.
Corporate Funding of Police Foundations
The lavish overfunding of the police goes beyond public money.
Essential--and Expendable--Mexican Labor
On both sides of the border, Mexican workers are now essential--to U.S. corporations.
Local or Far Away?
Economists tend to assume that the sole goal of our economic activity is to get things as cheaply possible. But outside the narrow world of economics, people care about a lot of other things.
Police Violence Is Enabled by 'Liberal' Politicians' Massive Spending
George Floyd's death proves again why America needs to defund bloated and militarized police departments.