Category Archives: Social policy

Food Insecurity: A Potentially Underrated Collateral Damage of the Pandemic

Increases in hunger and food insecurity under Covid are significant, yet have gone largely under the radar.

Rethinking Unemployment: From Adam Smith to Marx “Reserve Army of the Unemployed” to the Neoliberal War on Full Employment

Unemployment as a balancing act between workers ‘fearing the sack’ and employers ‘fearing the quit,” with employers usually winning out.

How Enforcement of the USMCA Will End a Corporate Race to the Bottom

USMCA, which promised to help American workers by improving labor bargaining rights, is being put to its first road test. Will it perform?

Despite Federal Moratorium, Eviction Rates Returning to Pre-Pandemic Levels

The eviction process is restarting, even when it is premature under the law. What will the collateral damage be?

Slack in the Economy, Not Inflation, Should Be Bigger Worry

Despite fear-mongering about inflation, unemployment remains elevated and stimulus is needed to prevent a collapse in demand.

An Indictment of US Covid Policy

How US Covid policy is producing far more deaths and disability here and around the world than necessary.