Interview with Ellora Derenoncourt

Profiteering in Oil Futures Made Easy (to Understand)

Let’s look at exactly what happened on Monday morning and what makes it is so suspicious.

John Miller Mar 27, 2026

U.S. Banks and the Dirty Money Empire

Reprising a classic article by radical sociologist James Petras, who died on January 17th, 2026.

James Petras Mar 24, 2026

War Dollars, Care Dollars (and No Sense)

It seems like a good time to compare the running tally of war dollars with the cost of relentless attacks on public care provision in the United States.

Nancy Folbre Mar 20, 2026

ELLORA DERENONCOURT is an assistant professor of economics and public policy at the University of California, Berkeley. ZOE SHERMAN is a member of the Dollars & Sense collective and is an associate p

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March/April 2021

Rolling Up the Welcome Mat at the Door to the Promised Land

The Economic History of the Great Migration and Its Aftermath

Interview with Ellora Derenoncourt Mar 1, 2021