Economics

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes speaks into a microphone with a banner in the background that reads “It’s better in a Union.”

As Federal Chaos Ensues, Trustbusters Rise in the States As Federal Chaos Ensues, Trustbusters Rise in the States

With Trump’s antitrust appointees more concerned with scoring points in MAGA culture wars than restraining corporate abuses, officials in the states are keeping up the fight.

Jul 2, 2025 / Ron Knox

Greenpeace activists deploy a giant banner at St. Mark’s Square in Venice on June 23, 2025.

Bezos Does Venice Bezos Does Venice

Back in New York City, Mamdani’s win shows even billionaires don’t always get what they want.

Jul 1, 2025 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Peter Thiel speaks at a lectern, holding microphone in front of audience at The Cambridge Union.

The Billionaires Are Abandoning Humanity The Billionaires Are Abandoning Humanity

Peter Thiel and his friends feel they no longer belong to our species.

Jun 30, 2025 / Jeet Heer

New York mayoral candidate state Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani (D-NY) stands with his mother, Mira Nair, and father, Mahmood Mamdani, as they celebrate during an election night gathering at The Greats of Craft LIC on June 24, 2025, in the Long Island City neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City.

With Zohran Mamdani’s Surreal and Historic Victory, One City Died—and Another Was Born With Zohran Mamdani’s Surreal and Historic Victory, One City Died—and Another Was Born

Neither Bill Clinton nor Jim Clyburn nor all of Michael Bloomberg’s billions could save Andrew Cuomo from the defeat he deserved.

Jun 26, 2025 / Ross Barkan

Zorhran Mamdani held his first rally at a nightclub on May 4, 2025, in the Williamsburg neighborhood in Brooklyn.

Zohran Mamdani Won the Internet Zohran Mamdani Won the Internet

Amazingly, he then translated that into a real-life victory that will forever change the way elections are fought.

Jun 25, 2025 / Vanessa Ogle

Bryan Scalia of Enfield, foreground, shouts out while on the picket line with other members of machinist local 1746 picket on day two of the machinist union strike on Tuesday, May 5, 2025, in front of Pratt &Whitney plant on Main Street in East Hartford.

The Math That Gave Us Trump The Math That Gave Us Trump

The party that built the New Deal now manages the raw deal. But there’s hope.

Jun 24, 2025 / Corbin Trent

Left: Ford to City: Drop Dead reads front page of the New York “Daily News” for October 30, 1975. Right: Felix Rohatyn seated in front of a microphone.

The Death and Rebirth of New York City The Death and Rebirth of New York City

A new documentary about the 1975 fiscal crisis, Drop Dead City, is entertaining to watch but dangerously misleading as history—or politics.

Jun 24, 2025 / Doug Henwood

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani campaigns in New York City on April 16, 2025.

Economists Support Zohran Mamdani’s Plan for New York City Economists Support Zohran Mamdani’s Plan for New York City

Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral platform is a practical blueprint to tackle some of New York City’s most pressing problems.

Jun 20, 2025 / Various Contributors

Protesters tried to hold a line against riot police but pushed back with less lethal munitions during a march against ICE raids in Downtown Los Angeles, June 15, 2025.

An Urgent Message From the Streets of Los Angeles An Urgent Message From the Streets of Los Angeles

“Nos tienen miedo porque no tenemos miedo” (They fear us because we do not fear them).

Jun 18, 2025 / Roberto Lovato

World Liberty Financial's website touts WLF1, its Trump-sanctioned “governance token.”

The Shady Financial Past of a Major Trump Crypto Investor The Shady Financial Past of a Major Trump Crypto Investor

Andrei Grachev, an early booster of a Trump crypto offering, has cycled through several alleged investment scams and was convicted on fraud charges in Russia.

Jun 17, 2025 / Jacob Silverman

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