Trump’s Midterm Rebuke and Economic Hardship
From stagnant wages and rising prices to widening inequality, the economic forces behind voters’ growing discontent reveal a deeper, decades-long problem.
Trump’s Midterm Rebuke and Economic Hardship
From stagnant wages and rising prices to widening inequality, the economic forces behind voters’ growing discontent reveal a deeper, decades-long problem.
The Political Economy of Palestine
Introducing a Collaboration between the Palestine Economic Policy Research Institute (MAS) and Dollars & Sense
Zapping Labor: The Sharp Rise of Income Inequality Initiated in the Early 1980s
How Federal Reserve policies, the recession they triggered, and broader political and economic changes weakened workers’ power and helped usher in an era of extreme inequality.
November/December 2026
The Left Wave That Swept Democratic Primaries
A string of primary victories by DSA-backed candidates and other progressives—from New York to Michigan to Florida—is giving the Democratic left new leverage while putting its ambitious economic agenda back at the center of the party’s debate.
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Was It a Good Jobs Report or a Bad One?
The Latest Unemployment Report from the National Jobs for All Network
Tax Billionaires, Save Lives: California’s Proposition 40 Is Met With a Heap of Meritless Objections
A one-time tax on the super wealthy is an important step toward greater equality.
How to Fund a Fairer Economy—and Reduce Inequality
How can we fund universal childcare, Medicare for All, and a green economy while reducing inequality? A new plan shows how taxing wealth and corporate profits more fairly—and cutting wasteful spending—could pay for a fairer, more prosperous economy.
When All Else Is Out of Bounds, Zap Labor
From Nixon’s wage controls to today’s interest rate hikes, the fight against inflation has targeted labor.
Minor Improvements and Much Confusion
The Latest Unemployment Report from the National Jobs for All Network
Trump’s Fraudulent Forced Labor Tariffs
The Trump administration says its new tariffs are aimed at combating forced labor. But the countries with the highest rates of modern slavery are largely exempt, while countries with the lowest rates are being hit with tariffs. So what are the tariffs really targeting?
