Pope Francis Takes on Wall Street
In a new essay, the pope calls for intensified regulation of the "sophisticated technologies" of financial markets.
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Who's to Blame for Rising Deficits?
Two recently passed pieces of legislation are driving big near-term deficit spikes.
Taking Freedom: Capitalism, Democracy, and W.E.B. Du Bois' Two Proletariats
On W.E.B. Du Bois' theory of the working class and how race and class cannot be separated in the United States.
Poetry for Those Brutalized by Capitalism
Daniel Borzutzky's new collection confronts the perverse logics of fascism and the free market.
The Case Against Milton Friedman's Capitalism
The free market is a theoretical fiction, with enormous social costs.
'Butcher's Block' Is a Horror Series About Class War and Cannibalism
Where other horror shows tell you to fear technology, Butcher's Block tells you to fear the rich.
America's Obsession With Competition Is Making Our Lives Worse
Our refusal to learn from Europe is contributing to our overworked, hyper-stressed way of life.
Are We Defining Economic Success All Wrong?
A new study asks: Can countries meet citizens' needs without over-consuming resources?
Clicker Games, Capitalism, and the End of Work
Compelling without being any fun, the mindless minimalism of clicker games provides a futuristic look at the present.
The Chronic Capitalism of Christmas Movies
The way Christmas movies tell it, the generosity of individual tycoons is sufficient to mitigate the harms of class inequality.
Mr. Robot Is Not Your Socialist Hero
Can any show with an extraordinary hero advance egalitarian politics?
How Millennials Became Convenient Scapegoats for a Changing Society
Malcolm Harris' new book argues that grim realities are behind the hand-wringing press about Gen Y.
The Fallacy of Endless Economic Growth
What economists around the world get wrong about the future.
Making Work Fair: Regulating Labor in the 21st Century
The latest entry in a special project in which business and labor leaders, social scientists, technology visionaries, activists, and journalists weigh in on the most consequential changes in the workplace.
The Future of Work: The People's Uber
The latest entry in a special project in which business and labor leaders, social scientists, technology visionaries, activists, and journalists weigh in on the most consequential changes in the workplace.
The Future of Work: The Second Industrious Revolution
The latest entry in a special project in which business and labor leaders, social scientists, technology visionaries, activists, and journalists weigh in on the most consequential changes in the workplace.
We're Replacing Good Jobs With Bad Ones
A recent study by the National Employment Law Project gives job creators a failing grade.
The Not-So-Surprising Way Your Parents’ Income Predicts Yours
Just as you suspected, there’s a reason inequality is structural and self-perpetuating. But you might be shocked by just how few of the most well-off individuals are able to out-earn the generation before them. It isn’t the one percent we should be focusing on, but the 0.1 percent.
Why Income Inequality Will Likely Keep Getting Worse
Embracing a system based on maximizing the returns to private owners of capital is a mistake for the great majority of working people.
The Dead Are Wealthier Than the Living: Capital in the 21st Century
Patrimonial capitalism—and the landed or urban gentry living off of inherited wealth—was dealt a mortal blow by the Great Depression and World Wars. But it's making a comeback, and the only way to stop it might be a worldwide tax on capital.
Why Your Shoes Won't Save the World
While some charity is almost always better than no charity, your money can be more effectively donated beyond an activist brand.
U.S. Corporations Are Hoarding Wealth at the Highest Rate Since 1971
Just look at the ratio between the increase in profits and the increase in investment to see how things have changed over the last 40 years.