Mark Paul - Dollars & Sense

No Matter How You Look at It, the Big Beautiful Bill is a Monstrosity

Here are three views of the bill's horrific distributional consequences.

John Miller Jul 7, 2025

Left Hook

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

Mark Paul is a postdoctoral associate at the Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity at Duke University. He holds a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

2 articles

Issue 342

Traditional Measures of Unemployment Are Missing the Mark

We've heard it countless times in recent media accounts: The economy is at "full employment." The

Mark Paul May 1, 2019

Issue 329

DAPL Doesn't Make Economic Sense

The Dakota Access Pipeline imposes huge environmental and health costs, creates few jobs, and generates little government revenue.

Mark Paul Mar 1, 2017