Christy Thornton - Dollars & Sense

Trump’s Midterm Rebuke and Economic Hardship

From stagnant wages and rising prices to widening inequality, the economic forces behind voters’ growing discontent reveal a deeper, decades-long problem.

John Miller Nov 13, 2026

The Political Economy of Palestine

Introducing a Collaboration between the Palestine Economic Policy Research Institute (MAS) and Dollars & Sense

Jennifer C. Olmsted Nov 1, 2026

Left Hook Economics

Zapping Labor: The Sharp Rise of Income Inequality Initiated in the Early 1980s

How Federal Reserve policies, the recession they triggered, and broader political and economic changes weakened workers’ power and helped usher in an era of extreme inequality.

Arthur MacEwan Oct 28, 2026

CHRISTY THORNTON is an assistant research professor of sociology at Johns Hopkins University.

1 article

July/August 2017

An Empire Upside Down

New directions in Trump's approach to Latin America reveal the changed status of U.S. influence in the region.

Christy Thornton Jul 1, 2017