Jeanette Wicks-Lim - Dollars & Sense

The Political Economy of Palestine

Introducing a Collaboration between the Palestine Economic Policy Research Institute (MAS) and Dollars & Sense

Jennifer C. Olmsted Nov 1, 2026

Zapping Labor: The Sharp Rise of Income Inequality Initiated in the Early 1980s

How Federal Reserve policies, the recession they triggered, and broader political and economic changes weakened workers’ power and helped usher in an era of extreme inequality.

Arthur MacEwan Oct 28, 2026

The Left Wave That Swept Democratic Primaries

A string of primary victories by DSA-backed candidates and other progressives—from New York to Michigan to Florida—is giving the Democratic left new leverage while putting its ambitious economic agenda back at the center of the party’s debate.

Nick French Oct 26, 2026

Jeannette Wicks-Lim is an assistant research professor at the Political Economy Research Institute, UMass-Amherst.

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How the Green Economy Can Promote Equal Opportunities for Women

Create jobs. End the recession. Save the environment. What else can transforming our fossil fuel economy to a clean energy

Jeanette Wicks-Lim Jul 1, 2009