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Neoliberalism

War & Security

The Death and Rebirth of American Internationalism

As the 2020 presidential election nears, internationalists are plotting their return. But they still haven’t learned from the failure of liberal universalism.

Edward Fishman

Law & Justice, Politics

The Problem Isn't Just Police—It's Politics

In this interview, sociologist Alex Vitale explains how the policing crisis in the United States begins with politics—the decision to embrace neoliberal austerity and to turn the social problems it creates over to police.

Alex Vitale, Scott Casleton

Class & Inequality

The End of Family Values

Neoliberalism rests on the myth that “good” families can provide for their own without public support. COVID-19 may finally change all that.

Julie Kohler

Forum

Taxing the Superrich

For the sake of justice and democracy, we need a progressive wealth tax.

Emmanuel Saez, Gabriel Zucman

Class & Inequality

Work After Quarantine

COVID-19 has exposed the fragility of our labor markets just as much as the fragility of our public health and welfare systems. As we take the economy out of its induced coma, we should ask what kinds of jobs we want and need.

Brishen Rogers

Class & Inequality, Politics

With a Uniquely Fragile Economy, Stimulus Is Not Enough

Our long-term goal must go well beyond the Senate bill to build a more resilient economy.

Mike Konczal, Felicia Wong

Class & Inequality

Thomas Piketty Takes On the Ideology of Inequality

In his sweeping new history, the economist systematically demolishes the conceit that extreme inequality is our destiny, rather than our choice.

Marshall Steinbaum

Class & Inequality, Science & Nature

Alone Against the Virus

Decades of neoliberal austerity will make it harder to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, more than ever, we must rebuild our social safety net and forge a New Deal for public health.

Amy Kapczynski, Gregg Gonsalves

Class & Inequality

Taxing the Superrich

For the sake of justice and democracy, we need a progressive wealth tax.

Gabriel Zucman, Emmanuel Saez

Class & Inequality

Conservatives’ Newfound Interest in Dignified Work

They can give up free-market orthodoxy, but still can’t bring themselves to embrace labor.

Suresh Naidu

Law & Justice

Free Speech, Incorporated

A new, neoliberal interpretation of the First Amendment is undermining the regulatory state—and every labeling and advertising law is now in the crosshairs.

Amy Kapczynski

Forum

The American Corporation is in Crisis—Let's Rethink It

For decades, shareholder primacy has obscured the fact that employees should do well when businesses do well.

Lenore Palladino

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