Edited by Alejandro Reuss, Zoe Sherman, Chris Sturr, and the Dollars & Sense Collective.

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

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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

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In 2014, members of the congregation of the Bay Ridge United Methodist Church took out a half-page ad in the New York Times, posing a question and a challenge—how can we explain changes in economic well-being in the United States, especially the broad differences between the post-World War II era, f

Edited by Alejandro Reuss, Zoe Sherman, Chris Sturr, and the Dollars & Sense Collective. Dec 3, 2022

No Matter How You Look at It, the Big Beautiful Bill is a Monstrosity

What’s Different About Today’s Government Deficit and Debt?

No Tax on Tips

Edited by Alejandro Reuss, Zoe Sherman, Chris Sturr, and the Dollars & Sense Collective.

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