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

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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 268: November/December 2006

features

In Vieques, Puerto Rico, La Lucha Continua

Liv Gold

Residents fight for environmental justice after the U.S. Navy�s departure.
America�s Fringe Economy

Howard Karger

Financial services for the poor and credit-challenged are big business.
Turning Gas into Development in Bolivia

Aaron Luoma and Gretchen Gordon

Will Evo Morales' attempt at re-nationalization bring real change?

the regulars

the short run
active culture Organizing Rural Labor in Colombia
commentMicrocredit and Women's Poverty
in review Big Coal/An Inconvenient Truth/Lost Mountain
economy in numbersHealth Savings Accounts