Francisco Pérez and Luis Feliz León

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

FRANCISCO PÉREZ (@Platanomics) is the director of the Center for Popular Economics and a Ph.D. candidate in economics at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, researching the history and political

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Issue 351

Solidarity Beyond the Crisis: How to truly build back better

In the aftermath of the wreckage caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden's promise to

Francisco Pérez and Luis Feliz León Nov 1, 2020

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

Francisco P&eacute;rez and Luis Feliz Le&oacute;n

Solidarity Beyond the Crisis: How to truly build back better

Francisco Pérez and Luis Feliz León