What’s Different About Today’s Government Deficit and Debt?

As of today, the U.S. government’s current deficit and debt are indeed currently at unprecedented levels for peacetime—once we account for them appropriately.

Robert Pollin Jul 1, 2025

Left Hook

No Tax on Tips

Even the stand-alone No Tax on Tips Act would do far too little to better the lot of low-income workers, even tipped workers.

John Miller Jun 27, 2025

Left Hook

The Stealthy Strategy to Strangle Medicaid

Republicans want to make it even harder for low-income people to get health care.

Nancy Folbre Jun 25, 2025

Issue 260: July/August 2005

features

Fisherfolk Out, Tourists In

Vasuki Nesiah

Sri Lanka's reconstruction plans could be as damaging as the tsunami itself.
The Tsunami and the Mangroves

Devinder Sharma
After Kyoto

Paul Cummings &Amp; Adria Scharf

Finally in effect, the Kyoto Protocol falls short. There's a better path to both just development and a stable climate.
Rights Fight

Adam Sacks

Townships in rural Pennsylvania take on factory farms--and corporate rights.
CAFTA's Debt Trap

Aldo Caliari

the regulars

the short run
active culture Stopping TABOR
comment Greenspan's thuggery / Work supports or WalMart subsidies?
economy in numbers Medical costs and bankruptcy