Phineas Baxandall - Dollars & Sense

Unemployment as Policy: Federal Layoffs, AI, and Corporate Understaffing

The Jobs Report from the National Jobs for All Network

Frank Stricker Apr 13, 2026

Overcoming Trump’s U.S. Health Care Wrecking Ball

It is critical to understand these cuts in the broader context of the already highly dysfunctional U.S. health care system.

Robert Pollin Apr 10, 2026

Left Hook Economics

Disabled People Are the Canaries in the Coal Mine

The disabled community has responded to the adversities they face by organizing for legal rights that protect their autonomy and access to public life. But these rights are increasingly under attack.

Paige Carmichael Apr 3, 2026

Phineas Baxandall is a lecturer at the Committee for Degrees in Social Studies at Harvard University and a member of the Dollars & Sense collective.

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Issue 241

Is the "New Economy" More Productive?

Sorting Fact from Fiction - Revised productivity figures have let the air out of the high-tech "New Economy" bubble.

Phineas Baxandall May 1, 2002