Katherine Faherty and Alejandro Reuss

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

Left Hook

The Stealthy Strategy to Strangle Medicaid

Republicans want to make it even harder for low-income people to get health care.

Nancy Folbre Jun 25, 2025

Katherine Faherty is a recent graduate of Hobart and William Smith Colleges and is a Dollars & Sense intern. Alejandro Reuss is an economist and historian, and a member of the Dollars & Sense collecti

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Issue 285

Thirty-Five Years of Economic Indicators

For many years, the “Economy in Numbers” department provided current data on standard economic indicators: unemployment, wages, interest rates, and

Katherine Faherty and Alejandro Reuss Nov 1, 2009