Left Hook Economics How to Fund a Fairer Economy—and Reduce Inequality How can we fund universal childcare, Medicare for All, and a green economy while reducing inequality? A new plan shows how taxing wealth and corporate profits more fairly—and cutting wasteful spending—could pay for a fairer, more prosperous economy. Nancy Folbre Oct 15, 2026
Left Hook Economics When All Else Is Out of Bounds, Zap Labor From Nixon’s wage controls to today’s interest rate hikes, the fight against inflation has targeted labor. Arthur MacEwan Oct 2, 2026
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D&S BLOG Live-Blogging Piketty: Review of Reviews, Pt. 3 My last post summarized the positive reviews of Piketty and focused on some of the best of these. This post Steven Pressman May 12, 2014