Mark Weisbrot - Dollars & Sense

Not Much Change Yet

Monthly Jobs Report from the National Jobs for All Network

Frank Stricker Jul 18, 2025

Left Hook

Better Wages and Working Conditions: The Workers Will Come

While many things taught in introductory economics courses are nonsense, it seems to be true that higher wages will attract more workers.

Arthur MacEwan Jul 18, 2025

Left Hook

Medicaid Kayfabe: Fake Wrestling

The features of the bill that are likely to help ordinary people were catchy and easy to understand—reduced taxes on tips and overtime pay and a higher standard deduction for the elderly on income taxes. Yet these projected revenue losses are tiny compared to those incurred by the super rich.

Nancy Folbre Jul 15, 2025

Mark Weisbrot is Research Director at the Preamble Center for Public Policy, Washington, DC, and author of "Unequal Sacrifice: The Impact of Changes Proposed by the Advisory Council on Social Security

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Issue 210

How Not to Fix Social Security

Social Security has been in the front pages lately, with the release of the Social Security Advisory Council's

Mark Weisbrot Mar 1, 1997