Robin Kaiser-Schatzlein

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Sanctions were conceived as an alternative to war. But they may have made the world more violent.

The case for keeping public goods under democratic control

In an unequal economy, even some of the winners are unhappy.

The man behind the world’s largest Ponzi scheme died at 82; the system that enabled his grift continues in his image.

In a city with thousands of vacant homes, families are still homeless. Jennifer Bennetch decided to do something about it.

Eulogies for the creative class are premature. Art workers can organize—and survive.

A “return to normal” is a comforting promise to the winners of the world.

Current laws target low-level employees and let the worst offenders off the hook.

The home office was never designed to give workers more freedom. The pandemic has only made it worse.

Zephyr Teachout’s new book lays bare the private legal system that shores up their immense power—and hides it from public view.

The idea that programs must be funded by tax dollars is a myth. Stephanie Kelton’s new book explains how money really works.

His new book diagnoses a society obsessed with property rights.

The financial institutions behind the last economic crash haven’t gone anywhere, and they’re looking for a bailout yet again.

As jobs are downgraded and health care costs spiral, more and more Americans are dying early.

From Nazi collaboration to money laundering, a new book chronicles the German bank’s “trail of destruction.”

A new book explains how finance took over the U.S. economy, disempowered workers, and undermined democracy.

Strong antitrust enforcement is politically more complex than Matt Stoller’s new book allows.

How can they be so wrong, so often, and yet still exert so much influence on government policy?