Where the Climate Buck Stops
Climate superfunds are a sensible way to put some of the costs back where they belong, but we’ll get them only if the public demands them.
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Has Neoliberalism Underfunded Schools?
Dear Dr. Dollar: Covid-19 has created severe problems for schools, kids, their parents, and the schools' teachers and staff.
Local or Far Away?
Economists tend to assume that the sole goal of our economic activity is to get things as cheaply possible. But outside the narrow world of economics, people care about a lot of other things.
Growth, Growth, Growth: What Will Happen?
Dear Dr. Dollar: Infinite economic growth on a finite planet is impossible and ruinous. And yet the drumbeat goes on
Bob Sutcliffe – In Memoriam
By Arthur MacEwan Bob Sutcliffe, who died at age 80 on December 23, was an influential socialist economist over several
Are Taxes the Best Way of Dealing with Inequality?
Dear Dr. Dollar: What steps can we take to reduce extreme economic inequality? Are taxes on the rich, on their
With Foreign Trade, Are Progressives and Trump on the Same Page?
Dear Dr. Dollar: Progressives opposed the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). President Donald Trump
Why Has the U.S. Economy Been Doing So Well?
Dear Dr. Dollar: Why has the U.S. economy been doing so well? --Anonymous, via email This question immediately invites
Does U.S. Prosperity Depend on Exploitation?
Dear Dr. Dollar: I regularly hear the claim that U.S. prosperity depends on exploiting poorer countries, but I have
Dear Dr. Dollar: Why Is the Fed Raising Interest Rates?
Why is the Federal Reserve raising interest rates? What's the impact?????????????????--Anonymous, via email
Dear Dr. Dollar: Is Economic Growth Environmentally Sustainable?
I keep hearing progressive economists talking about environmental sustainability, in particular in the context of the looming catastrophe of global
Dear Dr. Dollar: What Is U.S. Workers' Share of National Income?
How well do U.S workers fare in relation to workers in other countries when you compare workers' shares of national income? --Martin Voelker, Golden, Colo.