Adria Scharf - Dollars & Sense

No Matter How You Look at It, the Big Beautiful Bill is a Monstrosity

Here are three views of the bill's horrific distributional consequences.

John Miller Jul 7, 2025

Left Hook

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

Adria Scharf is co-editor of Dollars & Sense.

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Issue 252

Space Wars

Interview with Bruce Gagnon - The administration's proposal for human space exploration is designed to project U.S. military power into the skies.

Adria Scharf Mar 1, 2004

Issue 249

Scripted Talk

From "Welcome to McDonalds" to "Paper or plastic?" employers control the speech of service workers.

Adria Scharf Sep 1, 2003