Recent Commentary

Is a $15 Minimum Wage Economically Feasible?

Commentary — January 2016

Book Discussion on Greening the Global Economy

Robert Pollin

Commentary — November 2015

Rethinking Extinction: Toward a less gloomy environmentalism

James K. Boyce

Commentary — November 2015

Think We Can't Stabilize the Climate While Fostering Growth? Think Again.

Robert Pollin

Commentary — October 2015

Why Fast Food Employers Can Adjust to a $15 Minimum Wage without Shedding Jobs

Robert Pollin and Jeannette Wicks-Lim

Commentary — October 2015

Yellen Signals Interest Rate Hike, But Will It Decrease Inequality?

Gerald Epstein

Commentary — July 2015

From Boring Banking to Roaring Banking: How the financial sector grew out of control, and how we can change it

Gerald Epstein

Commentary — July 2015

Inequality isn't just bad for the economy. It's toxic for the enviroment

James K. Boyce

Commentary — July 2015

How Africa can overcome being marginalized in the global economy

Léonce Ndikumana

Commentary — July 2015

Spanish anti-austerity party and US economist launch green energy plan

Robert Pollin

Commentary — June 2015

From "Boring Banking" to "Roaring Banking"

Gerald Epstein

Commentary — June 2015

Mapping Environmental Justice

Klara Zwickl, Michael Ash and James K. Boyce

Commentary — May 2015

How Did the United States Really Perform in the United Nations Human Rights Review? By the Numbers, the News is Not Good

Radhika Balakrishnan

Commentary — May 2015

The mystery is solved: why is India's calorie intake falling even though it is getting richer?

Bert M. Azizoglu and Karim Azizi

Commentary — May 2015

Green goals for the Delhi aam aadmi

Aseem Shrivastava and James K. Boyce

Commentary — April 2015

Nancy Folbre on PERI's Program on Gender and Care Work

Nancy Folbre

Commentary — April 2015

Rent in a Warming World

James K. Boyce

Commentary — March 2015

Build the Green Economy

Commentary — September 2014

What Happens When the Person Taking Care of Your Mom Can

Nancy Folbre

Commentary — August 2014

Does Feminism Have a Class Problem?

Nancy Folbre

Commentary — June 2014