J. W. Mason

I was recently in Sri Lanka, where, thanks to our friend Ahilan, Arjun and I were able to meet with a number of people in the new left-wing government there.

by Arjun Jayadev and J.

Money has one face, the face of the boss: In this case, Cyrus McCormick, a strike at whose Reaper Works led to the Haymarket protests that gave us May Day.

TLDR: The value of corporate equity relative to GDP is at a historical high.

The following is a somewhat expanded version of testimony I presented on June 23 before the New York City Commission on Government Efficiency.

(I had a long conversation yesterday with Eric Levitz of Vox about the New York City rent freeze and the economics of rent regulation.

Last week, the Rent Guidelines Board voted for a freeze on the rent for New York City’s one million rent-regulated apartments, fulfilling one of Mayor Mamdani’s defining campaign promises.

The other day, Laura and I were standing on the subway platform, on our way to see Boots Riley’s I Love Boosters12, when a young man walked up to us.

In the front window of McNally Jackson, one of my favorite NYC bookstores.

Arjun and I did a webinar recently on our book Against Money, organized by Merijn Knibbe.