Debt Relief for Whom? Part II
Polly Cleveland Two new books address debt from opposite ends of the financial scale. In Part I, The Case for
Debt Relief for Whom?
Polly Cleveland Two new books address debt from opposite ends of the financial scale. In The Case for a Debt
The Last Tour Guide to Leave Cuba
By Polly Cleveland Mike in hand, our tour guide stands at the front of the bus. “This will be my
Henry George: Prophet of the Gilded Age
By Polly Cleveland In 1873, Mark Twain published his satirical novel, The Gilded Age, an era magnificently recreated in all
The Black-White Wage Gap: How Inequality and Monopoly Amplify Racial Discrimination
By Polly Cleveland Following the police killing of George Floyd last year, Howard University professor William Spriggs wrote, “Is now
Fighting the Wealth Hoarders with Transparency and Taxes
By Polly Cleveland Over the last five years, from my 5th floor apartment window, I’ve watched a blue spire
Taxing More from the Rich Is Difficult. This Is How to Do It.
By Polly Cleveland In the March 1 UK Prospect, economist James Galbraith offers the Brits, and us, two proposals to
Review of "Liberty from All Masters," by Barry C. Lynn
Book Review: Liberty from All Masters by Barry C. Lynn By Polly Cleveland Fifty years ago, my husband and I
Review of Break ‘Em Up, by Zephyr Teachout
Review of Break ‘Em Up by Zephyr Teachout By Polly Cleveland For over twelve years I backed up our three
Review of Thomas Frank's "The People, No"
By Polly Cleveland These days the major media fill with denunciations of populists. They are the ignorant people who rally
Richard Vague on Credit Expansion and Land Speculation
Frequent D&S author Polly Cleveland interviewed Richard Vague last week (more info here and here); here is the
Review of Matthew Desmond's Evicted
By Polly Cleveland Matthew Desmond’s Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City gives us a dramatic closeup of