Ben Collins - Dollars & Sense

Interview: Starving the Safety Net

An interview with Kalena Thomhave about the coming cuts to SNAP.

Chris Sturr Dec 28, 2025

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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Trump's Lump of Coal

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

Ben Collins is a member of the Dollars & Sense collective and a research analyst at KLD Research & Analytics, a sustainable investment research company. Mr. Collins's views do not necessarily reflect

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Issue 277

Hot Commodities, Stuffed Markets, and Empty Bellies

What's behind higher food prices?

Ben Collins Jul 1, 2008