Carolyn Bigda - 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

Carolyn Bigda is a Dollars & Sense intern and an undergraduate at Northwestern University.

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Issue 237

College Students Oppose Private Prisons

Dump Sodexho Marriott. That was the message students at over 50 U.S. colleges sent this spring as they protested

Carolyn Bigda Sep 1, 2001