Katherine Faherty and Alejandro Reuss

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.

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.

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

The Political Economy of Palestine

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

The Left Wave That Swept Democratic Primaries

Katherine Faherty and Alejandro Reuss

Thirty-Five Years of Economic Indicators