The features
The People in the Tents Say "Yes"
By the end of the decade, Tijuana’s population will reach two million. But will its workers, its artists, and its political activists still be able to enjoy Juárez Park? | Read more »
What's Next for Greece?
How could Syriza have agreed to the latest deal? Wouldn’t Greece be better off introducing its own currency, rather than conceding both fiscal and monetary policy sovereignty? | | Read more »
German Wage Repression
How German wage repression and currency manipulation pushed the eurozone into crisis and ignited a conflict between northern and southern eurozone countries | | Read more »
The Burdens of American Federalism
Because the burden of state and local taxes and fees is much heavier on poor people than it is on the rich, the system as a whole is much less progressive than it seems at first. | Read more »
Dear Dr. Dollar: A Case for Public Ownership
Dear Dr. Dollar: Would the U.S. economy work better if some industries were nationalized? Banks? Other industries? Which ones and why? | Read more »
The Agony of Mexican Labor Today
How did Mexico’s working class get into such a difficult situation? And how might it ever get out? | Read more »
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Manicures, Pedicures, and Commodity Fetishism
- Zoe Sherman
- September/October 2015
- Issue 320
A manicure costs the customer $10 or $15. It costs the manicurist
her freedom, dignity, and health. |
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Missing Women Workers
- Sirisha C. Naidu
- September/October 2015
- Issue 320
Explaining the decline in women’s labor force participation
in India. |
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