The Plutonomy—AI Edition—and the Coming Crisis
Driven by speculative finance, stagnant wages, and AI hype, today’s tech-heavy economy mirrors the fragile plutonomy that collapsed into the Great Crash of 1929.
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Arizona seizes migrants' remittances
A follow-up to our coverage (1,2) of Arizona's attempt to finance its border wall with a
Florida was built on free enterprise
In anotherRethinking Schools article that is not online, University of Texas journalism professor Robert Jensen tells us, "One way
The psychology (and economics and marketing) of overeating
While we recover from holiday #1, Salon.com's Katharine Mieszkowski interviews Brian Wansink, author of Mindless Eating: Why
Teaching globalization in high schools
At Dollars & Sense, we're often asked if any of the readers in our book catalog are particularly
Houston janitors' strike ends in contract
On November 20, The Washington Postreports After a month-long strike featuring local, national, and international demonstrations, Houston janitors reached
A little economics can be a dangerous thing
First in a series: The Dollars & Sense Blog Recovers from the Holiday On November 16, arch free-marketeer and
Econamici: The Plague Before Thanksgiving
I remember, in the fourth grade, snipping colored feathers from construction paper to make my Indian bonnet. That was for
Econamici: Benefits of Military Spending
November 12, 2006 As Kevin Phillips recorded in Wealth and Democracy (2002), war has created the opportunity for many great
Econ-Atrocity: Will it matter if the Democrats win?
Will it matter if the Democrats win? By Gerald Friedman, CPE Staff Economist November 3, 2006 An Econ-Atrocity, brought
Thank you, Book Liberation Front!
The books are moved. All three tons of them. Big thanks to all the new members of the Book Liberation
A Thomas Friedman quiz
Thomas Friedman: The Lexus and the Olive Tree. The World is Flat. A column in the New York Times. "
Dollars & Sense becomes the Book Liberation Front
Dollars & Sense has temporarily transformed itself into the Book Liberation Front. The warehouse where we have stored our book