Economic Policy

Yellow Vest protesters

Forgotten France Rises Up Forgotten France Rises Up

France’s Yellow Vests took just one month to challenge policies on taxation, education, transport, and environment—and make the Macron government back down

Jan 15, 2019 / Serge Halimi

Sherrod Brown Re-election

Sherrod Brown Is the Real Deal—Could He Win It All in 2020? Sherrod Brown Is the Real Deal—Could He Win It All in 2020?

What’s the Ohio senator’s greatest appeal among grassroots Democrats? Authenticity, with a long track record of defending workers and fighting Wall Street and corporate power.

Jan 11, 2019 / William Greider

Istanbul protest

Erdogan’s War on Workers Erdogan’s War on Workers

Turkey’s crackdown on dissent extends to the country’s fractured labor movement.

Dec 28, 2018 / Cole Stangler

The Battle Over NAFTA 2.0 Has Just Begun

The Battle Over NAFTA 2.0 Has Just Begun The Battle Over NAFTA 2.0 Has Just Begun

Progressives must fight strategically to improve it—if they don’t, the consequences could be devastating.

Dec 21, 2018 / Feature / Lori Wallach

zimbabwe empty bread shelves

Zimbabwe Has 5 Currencies but No Plan to Address Its Crisis Zimbabwe Has 5 Currencies but No Plan to Address Its Crisis

How can Zimbabwe recover from 80,000,000,000 percent inflation?

Dec 21, 2018 / Nanjala Nyabola

sunrise-movement-green-new-deal

Why the Time Has Come for a Green New Deal Why the Time Has Come for a Green New Deal

It’s smart politics and smart policy—and it’s enormously popular with the public.

Dec 18, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Central Banks Versus the People

Central Banks Versus the People Central Banks Versus the People

World leaders remain oblivious to the long-term dangers of inequality.

Dec 14, 2018 / Nomi Prins

Yellow Vest Peaceful Protest

The Yellow Vest Revolt The Yellow Vest Revolt

The French uprising was never just about a fuel tax.

Dec 13, 2018 / Cole Stangler

Yanis Varoufakis’s Internationalist Odyssey

Yanis Varoufakis’s Internationalist Odyssey Yanis Varoufakis’s Internationalist Odyssey

The former Greek finance minister is on a quest to unite the global left.

Dec 13, 2018 / Feature / Atossa Araxia Abrahamian

The Bad History—and Bad Politics—of Alan Greenspan and Adrian Wooldridge’s ‘Capitalism in America’

The Bad History—and Bad Politics—of Alan Greenspan and Adrian Wooldridge’s ‘Capitalism in America’ The Bad History—and Bad Politics—of Alan Greenspan and Adrian Wooldridge’s ‘Capitalism in America’

Although the long sweep of American economic history is the ostensible subject of Capitalism in America, it tell us more about Alan Greenspan than about the history of capitalism.

Dec 12, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Kim Phillips-Fein

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