Illustration by Peter and Maria Hoey
How Washington Bargained Away Rural America
Every five years, the farm bill brings together Democrats and Republicans who are normally at each other’s throats. The result is the continued corporatization of agriculture.
May 24, 2023
Quackonomics
Medical Properties Trust spent billions buying community hospitals in bewildering deals that made private equity rich and working-class towns reel.
May 23, 2023
Illustration by Rob Dobi
The Forgotten Left Economics Tradition
In the Progressive and New Deal eras, there was a markedly different response to rising prices, and a different usage of economic theory.
Apr 13, 2023