Help Us Stay Paywall-Free

Democracy depends on the free exchange of ideas. Help sustain it with a tax-deductible donation today.

Michael Piore

Michael J. Piore

Michael J. Piore is David W. Skinner Professor of Political Economy at MIT and the author of Beyond Individualism.

Articles

Are Latin American populists creating something new that might temper or replace market mechanisms?

Michael J. Piore, Andrew Schrank

Forum Responses

For liberals and progressives, the real shocker in the November election is less Trump’s victory than the support he received from the working class in the industrial Midwest, once the heart and...
Michael J. Piore
This is a particularly bleak moment for those who share a progressive vision of American society. A just economic and social order seems increasingly remote. Citizens are less and less able to...
Michael J. Piore
I find this essay troublesome. I have almost no difficulty with the argument when taken one line at a time. But its basic thrust seems misguided. Sturm and Guinier lay out a...
Michael J. Piore
I share Richard Freeman’s concern about increasing income inequality in the United States and declining welfare for people at the lower end of the distribution. I also share his frustration at the indifference...
Michael J. Piore

We are teaming up this spring to offer a year of both magazines.

Use code DISSENT when you purchase a print BR membership.

Act fast: offer ends March 31!

Use code DISSENT when you purchase a print BR membership. Offer ends March 31.