Eleanor J. Bader - 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

Eleanor J. Bader is a Brooklyn-based writer and teacher.

3 articles

Issue 221

Cohousing: Collective Living for the 90s

Imagine a community where you know all your neighbors. Where your neighbors would loan you a car if you needed

Eleanor J. Bader Jan 1, 1999

Issue 216

Ezekiel's Cafe

New York's Greenwich Avenue looks like most other commercial strips in tony Greenwich Village. Fancy boutiques, restaurants and

Eleanor J. Bader Mar 1, 1998

Issue 213

Workfare: Unfair!

It is 7 a.m. when Ava gets to her job at a Brooklyn, N.Y. Department of Sanitation garage.

Eleanor J. Bader Sep 1, 1997