Amanda Page-Hoongrajok - Dollars & Sense

Starving the Safety Net

The government shutdown’s pause in SNAP payments was a preview of how the coming cuts to the safety-net program will reverberate through communities.

Kalena Thomhave Dec 28, 2025

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The trade deficit is the world’s Christmas gift to the U.S.; Trump’s tariffs substitute a lump of coal.

Zoe Sherman Dec 25, 2025

If Congress fails to renew the ACA enhanced benefits, millions will be unable to access the health care they need.

John Miller Dec 11, 2025

Amanda Page-Hoongrajok is an assistant professor in the Department of Economics and Finance at Saint Peter ' s University in Jersey City, N.J.

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May/June 2025

What we can learn from Asian garment-worker uprisings.

Amanda Page-Hoongrajok Jun 16, 2025

Are we doomed to repeat the mistakes of the past?

Amanda Page-Hoongrajok Jan 1, 2021

D&S BLOG

By Amanda Page-Hoongrajok On April 11th, 2019, 31,000 workers at Stop & Shop, a regional grocery store chain with

Amanda Page-Hoongrajok Apr 26, 2019