Rosie Hunter and Chuck Collins

Trump’s Midterm Rebuke and Economic Hardship

From stagnant wages and rising prices to widening inequality, the economic forces behind voters’ growing discontent reveal a deeper, decades-long problem.

John Miller Nov 13, 2026

The Political Economy of Palestine

Introducing a Collaboration between the Palestine Economic Policy Research Institute (MAS) and Dollars & Sense

Jennifer C. Olmsted Nov 1, 2026

Left Hook Economics

Zapping Labor: The Sharp Rise of Income Inequality Initiated in the Early 1980s

How Federal Reserve policies, the recession they triggered, and broader political and economic changes weakened workers’ power and helped usher in an era of extreme inequality.

Arthur MacEwan Oct 28, 2026

Rosie Hunter is a researcher with United for a Fair Economy in Boston. Chuck Collins is the Program Director at United for a Fair Economy and co-author, with William H. Gates, Sr., of Wealth and Our C

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Issue 245

"Death Tax" Deception

Who's behind the movement to repeal the nation's only tax on inherited wealth?

Rosie Hunter and Chuck Collins Jan 1, 2003