Just Economics
Thoughts on work and compensation
Presently in the United States we are experiencing a wealth gap not seen since the gilded age. A plethora of explanations exist for this...
It’s time wealth paid its fair share
Since 1980, the U.S. economy has increasingly divided Americans along class lines to a degree now rivaling the Gilded Age. Economic elites have gained...
Neoliberalism and the maldistribution of wealth
Welcome to a new monthly column in Boulder Weekly. Writers of this column are members of the Economic Justice Collective of the Rocky Mountain...
Just Economics: Looking through the lens of ‘The 1619 Project’
In 2019, The New York Times published The 1619 Project, a collection of essays, short stories, and poems intended to revisit United States’ history...
Toward participatory democracy
Capitalist ideology has a mighty grip on the consciousness of contemporary Americans. It is sometimes said that people in the United States can more...
Why are workers quitting?
American workers are quitting their jobs in record numbers. In September 2021 (the last month for which reliable data are available), 4.4 million workers,...
Just Economics: Conservator not hegemon
How can the United States achieve lasting greatness? I claim that the best way of gaining really durable eminence is by dismantling our pernicious...
Improved Medicare for All: simple, universal, affordable
We can meet the health care needs of us all, in a way we each can afford, spend less and have better health care.
To...
Transcending the housing crisis
Virtually all housing experts agree that there is a housing crisis in the United States. It is estimated that 600,000 Americans are currently homeless,...
Market forces for products, not people
There is a lot of discussion about teacher pay in the United States, and Colorado is no exception. What gets less attention is the...
