Julian Jacobs - Dollars & Sense

Mamdani’s Municipal Socialist Inheritance

Buried in the historical record are the vibrant currents of municipal socialism that reshaped our urban worlds more than we acknowledge or even realize.

Shelton Stromquist Sep 28, 2025

The D&S Debrief

Interview: Municipal Socialism

An interview with Shel Stromquist on municipal socialism in the United States.

Shelton Stromquist Sep 28, 2025

Left Hook Economics

Stablecoins: Crypto Kryptonite

Despite being called a currency, crypto lacks one of the most important characteristics that a currency (money) should have—a stable value.

Gerald Epstein Sep 26, 2025

JULIAN JACOBS is a Fulbright Scholar, researcher, public speaker, and journalist. His work focuses on inequality in the United States, with an emphasis on how digital technology exacerbates the gap be

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Issue 350

The Dangers of Private Debt: High levels of household and corporate debt in the U.S. are making inequality worse and could make the recession deeper

The U.S. economy is in a bad way. An unprecedented pandemic-borne recession that saw the highest rate of swift

Julian Jacobs Sep 1, 2020