Katherine Sciacchitano - 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

Katherine Sciacchitano is a former labor lawyer and organizer. She currently teaches at the National Labor College in Silver Spring, Maryland.

4 articles

Issue 302

Making Labor Pay

Recent battles in Wisconsin and San Jose show why we need universal pensions.

Katherine Sciacchitano Sep 1, 2012

Issue 296

Rank-and-File Economics

Fighting for a Wage- and Job-Led Recovery

Katherine Sciacchitano Sep 1, 2011

Issue 288

W(h)ither the Dollar?

The U.S. trade deficit, the global economic crisis, and the dollar's status as the world's reserve currency.

Katherine Sciacchitano May 1, 2010

Issue 274

From NAFTA to the SPP

Here comes the Security and Prosperity Partnership, but--what security? whose prosperity?

Katherine Sciacchitano Jan 1, 2008