Immanuel Ness - Dollars & Sense

Trade, Tariffs, and Soybeans

Trump has consistently claimed that exporters, those countries who are “ripping us off,” are paying the tariffs. However, the actual data tell a different story.

Bill Barclay Nov 6, 2025

Left Hook Economics

Wage Stagnation vs. Living Wages for U.S. Workers Today

Far from earning living wages, most U.S. workers have experienced wage stagnation since the 1970s--a trend largely obscured by political rhetoric and misinformation.

Robert Pollin Nov 3, 2025

Left Hook Economics

Inflation Haunting Halloween

A specter is haunting Halloween—the specter of inflation.

John Miller Oct 31, 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