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Fighting Climate Change in Portlandia

Not only is failure not an option, those fighting to avert cataclysmic climate change have achieved important successes worthy of celebrating.

Robin Hahnel Feb 20, 2026

March/April 2026

The Bad Romance of Extractive Industry

A Valentine's Day Post from Dollars & Sense

Zoe Sherman Feb 14, 2026

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Even the Wall Street Journal Knows!

Inequality is getting so bad even conservatives have started to acknowledge it. But that doesn't mean they'll do anything serious to make it better.

John Miller Feb 13, 2026

Issue 244: November/December 2002

features

The Great Stock Illusion

Ellen Frank

The enormous paper wealth "created" by the stock market was bound to dissolve.
Taking One From the Bush Team

Dean Baker

The Social Security commission's plan for a universal portable pension makes sense, so long as it does not privatize Social Security.
Haitian Free Trade Zone

Clara James

Aristide's "different" capitalism is the same old story.
Recession: Government Spending to the Rescue

Robert Pollin

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ask dr. dollarIs the administration to blame for economic problems?
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