Economics

Jason Kwon, chief strategy officer of OpenAI, speaks during a conference in Seoul, South Korea, on September 10, 2025.

A New Economy Will Deliver Better Technology A New Economy Will Deliver Better Technology

On this episode of Tech Won’t Save Us, Aaron Benanav on his vision for a multi-criterial economy and how it would alter the type of technology our society creates.

Sep 11, 2025 / Podcast / Paris Marx

That Wild “Wired” Article Is Not a Case Against Surrogacy

That Wild “Wired” Article Is Not a Case Against Surrogacy That Wild “Wired” Article Is Not a Case Against Surrogacy

It’s a horror story about Silicon Valley, and an extreme example of what happens when we conceive of children as property.

Sep 10, 2025 / Sophie Lewis

Debris and storm damage in central Wisconsin, after powerful straight-line winds swept through the area overnight

What Was the Cracker Barrel Skirmish Really About? (Hint: Distracting From Real Crises Facing the Heartland.) What Was the Cracker Barrel Skirmish Really About? (Hint: Distracting From Real Crises Facing the Heartland.)

Trump is repaying rural voters’ loyalty by shafting them.

Sep 9, 2025 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani.

Mamdani Is the Right Leader for NYC. I Should Know—I Had the Job. Mamdani Is the Right Leader for NYC. I Should Know—I Had the Job.

We have an unprecedented chance to elect a mayor who can prioritize the needs of working people.

Sep 9, 2025 / Bill de Blasio

Introducing “Oligarch Watch”

Introducing “Oligarch Watch” Introducing “Oligarch Watch”

A new monthly column from The Nation takes on the plutocrats wielding their wealth and power at the expense of the rest of us.

Sep 4, 2025 / Press Room

Attendees gather at the Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Research and OpenAI conference on the NCCU campus on August 29, 2025.

Will AI Kill Your Job? Will AI Kill Your Job?

On this episode of Tech Won't Save Us: Brian Merchant discusses the AI job crisis.

Sep 4, 2025 / Podcast / Paris Marx

French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou sits with journalists

The French Center Plays Brinkmanship With Fiscal Crisis The French Center Plays Brinkmanship With Fiscal Crisis

Prime Minister François Bayrou is gambling his political survival on a confidence vote, in a probably doomed attempt to force France’s hung parliament to accept an austerity budge...

Sep 3, 2025 / Harrison Stetler

Lisa Cook is sworn in during a Senate Banking nominations hearing on June 21, 2023, in Washington, DC.

Trump’s Attempt to Fire Lisa Cook From the Fed Is a Naked Power Play Trump’s Attempt to Fire Lisa Cook From the Fed Is a Naked Power Play

The president’s targeting the Federal Reserve governor over a technicality is blatantly politically motivated.

Aug 28, 2025 / Chris Lehmann

A man takes a photograph at Deng Xiaoping Portrait Square in Shenzhen, China, 2020.

How China Engineered the Next Century How China Engineered the Next Century

Dan Wang argues that the battle between China and the United States is simply a conflict between engineers and lawyers. The situation is much more complicated than that.

Aug 26, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Rollin Hu

Trump speaks in the foreground while Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent watches behind him.

Shocking: The Trump Administration Grabs the Third Rail With Both Hands Shocking: The Trump Administration Grabs the Third Rail With Both Hands

Our grandparents would urge us all to defend and strengthen Social Security.

Aug 19, 2025 / June Hopkins, Henry Scott Wallace, and James Roosevelt Jr.

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