Economy
At G20, All Eyes on Germany
Can Angela Merkel circumvent Trump to build a multipolar alliance on climate change?
How Trump Builds: On the Hollow Promise of #InfrastructureWeek
Trump’s infrastructure proposal is more propaganda than plan.
The Conservative Con That Gave Us Trumpcare
The American Health Care Act has a long history that returns us to the New Deal and its critics.
Polanyi, the Failed Prophet of Moral Economics
Polanyi gave us a vital counterpoint to the hegemony of political economics. But how far can he take us?
The Dream Hoarders
Focusing on the top 1 percent is a mistake. The real class divide is between the upper middle class—the top 20 percent—and the rest of America.
Trump’s Sleight of Hand Will Bring Ruin to American Workers
Trump’s policies spell disaster for economic equality. And the worst is yet to come.
A Jobless Utopia?
A rural town in Spain gives us a glimpse into the challenges we will face in a workless future.
Why Coretta Scott King Fought for a Job Guarantee
She saw economic precarity not just as a side effect of racial subjugation, but central to its functioning.
Why Are Economists Giving Piketty the Cold Shoulder?
Capital in the Twenty-First Century raised important questions about inequality that the Ivory Tower would rather ignore.
Basic Income Is a Dead End
Basic income is a seductive poison that would benefit the margins of society at the expense of the middle class and immigrants.
Basic Income in a Just Society
Cash grants have a role to play in building a decent future for work—alongside much else.
No Racial Justice Without Basic Income
A basic income that supplemented existing welfare structures could make everyone safer while ending the most pernicious forms of policing.
Basic Income Works
Recipients of basic income continue to work, spend less on vice, and are able to invest in long-term plans.
The Return of Vulture Capitalism
Financial reforms are on Trump’s chopping block, and the stakes extend far beyond the economy.
Inequality Is About Access to Public Goods, Not Income
Fixing inequality is about more than addressing the income gap.
Democrats and Labor: Frenemies Forever?
The Democratic Party has hastened the demise of the labor movement, but unions have little choice but to stick with them.
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