Paul Krugman Is Wrong About Medicare for All
Paul Krugman and other critics of Medicare for All are relying on falsehoods to promote a "Medicare for America" faux-alternative.
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Sympathy for Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman takes up the banner of the Luddites. Here's what he gets wrong.
The Diffidence of a Liberal
The arc of Paul Krugman’s thinking shows the paradox of liberal reformism constrained by a conservative understanding of the possible.
The Orwellian Assault on Bernie Sanders
Pundits who once decried Joe Biden’s attacks on Social Security are now insisting he never made them, while self-declared “fact-checkers” with an ax to grind are treated like an infallible Ministry of Truth. The anti-Sanders attack machine has taken an Orwellian turn.
Medicare for All Should Be a Litmus Test
Don’t believe the critics. Medicare for All is the most realistic way to win universal, equitable health care.
The Public Really Can Own Everything
Paul Krugman recently argued in favor of a mixed economy. But his imagination is a bit limited: we can expand public ownership into every aspect of the US economy.
The National Debtors’ Prison
Government borrowing tends to benefit wealthy bondholders — not the average worker.
Pulling Rabbits Out of Hats
How a decade of crisis changed economics.
Piketty’s Fair-Weather Friends
Piketty’s warnings of a capitalism without meritocracy are being challenged by an ossified economic theory.
Bulletproof Neoliberalism
To understand how a body of thought became an era of capitalism requires more than intellectual history.
The Politics of Social Distancing
Elites have the money and resources to hide in their homes and ride out the coronavirus pandemic till kingdom come. The rest of us will need a better plan.
FiveThirtyEight’s Venezuela Problem
When it comes to Venezuela, shoddy data work and simplistic reasoning are too often embraced.
Americans Feel Negative About Biden’s Economy Because There’s a Lot to Feel Negative About
Pundits are insisting Americans only feel bad about the economy because they’re ignorant or delusional. But maybe it has something to do with the very real economic hardships Americans are still suffering three years after the worst of the pandemic economy.
The More the Pandemic-Era Welfare State Shrinks, the More Children Go Hungry
Brand-new Census data shows child poverty has exploded since the expiration of the child tax credit and other pandemic-era protections.
A Jacobin Primer
Read the CliffsNotes, impress your fancy friends.
The Minsky Millennium
In 2008, Hyman Minsky finally had his moment. But he was miscast as a prophet of financial collapse. The real “Minsky moment” was the bailout, not the crash.
Syriza Holds Its Ground
Syriza has been able to stand up to eurozone finance ministers because of the popular movement behind the party.