Deborah M. Figart and Thomas Barr

Worker Power Comes from Workers

What we can learn from Asian garment-worker uprisings.

Amanda Page-Hoongrajok Jun 16, 2025

May/June 2025

A Trillion Dollars in One Year, and No New Taxes

The Wall Street Journal editors make it clear whose side they’re on.

John Miller Jun 2, 2025

The D&S Debrief

Interview: Short Staffing and Work Intensification

Mike Prokosch discusses his article on short staffing, when employers intentionally hire too few workers as a menthod of work intensification.

D&S Admin May 22, 2025

DEBORAH M. FIGART is professor of education and economics at the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey. THOMAS BARR is a junior economics major at the College of New Jersey.

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Issue 316

Inside the World of Check-Cashing Outlets

Not all financial services for the poor are equally bad--regulation makes a difference.

Deborah M. Figart and Thomas Barr Jan 1, 2015