Immanuel Ness - 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

Immanuel Ness is professor of political science at Brooklyn College--City University of New York. His books include Immigrants, Unions, and the New U.S. Labor Market and Organizing for Justice in Our

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Issue 267

The Rise of Migrant Militancy

Militant organizing by immigrants in New York City could show the way for a revitalized labor movement.

Immanuel Ness Sep 1, 2006