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The LeftFebruary 18, 2022
How the Left Should Think About Inflation
There is no compelling reason to raise interest rates, now or later.
James K. Galbraith for The Nation
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Election 2020July 29, 2020
The Democratic Party Platform Needs a Pandemic Plank
The Biden-Sanders Unity Task Force presumes that the economy will recover as the virus recedes and the world returns to normal. This presumption is wrong at every level.
Emma Galbraith and James K. Galbraith
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EconomyMarch 18, 2020
The Mobilization That Must Start Now
With the coronavirus bearing down on our economy, we must deploy all our resources now to survive—so that one day we may thrive.
James K. Galbraith
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Election 2020March 10, 2020
It’s Time to End the Structural Fraud in American Elections
Even with the best of intentions, our elections are designed to cut off new movements and truncate their votes.
James K. Galbraith
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InequalityJune 22, 2018
Extreme Inequality Creates Global Disorder
And it’s a problem that can only have a political solution.
James K. Galbraith
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October 6, 2017
Why Europe Needs a New Deal, Not Breakup
The EU is facing a crisis of legitimacy—but retreating to the nation-state will only benefit the far right.
Yanis Varoufakis and James K. Galbraith
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EconomicsMarch 22, 2017
This 50 Year-Old Economics Book Helps Explain the Corporate Republic We Live In
Revisiting my father’s great work of theory can help us figure out what will take the place of faith in the free market.
James K. Galbraith
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Political FiguresNovember 22, 2013
JFK’s Vietnam Withdrawal Plan Is a Fact, Not Speculation
A response to Rick Perlstein.
James K. Galbraith
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EconomyOctober 5, 2011
What Would Keynes Do? A Forum
Economists and wonks respond to Thomas Geoghegan’s Nation essay “What Would Keynes Do?”
Doug Henwood, Matt Yglesias and James K. Galbraith
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Economic PolicyMarch 4, 2010
In Defense of Deficits
A big deficit-reduction program would destroy the economy two years into the Great Crisis.
James K. Galbraith