Sam Knight - Dollars & Sense

Mamdani’s Municipal Socialist Inheritance

Buried in the historical record are the vibrant currents of municipal socialism that reshaped our urban worlds more than we acknowledge or even realize.

Shelton Stromquist Sep 28, 2025

The D&S Debrief

Interview: Municipal Socialism

An interview with Shel Stromquist on municipal socialism in the United States.

Shelton Stromquist Sep 28, 2025

Left Hook Economics

Stablecoins: Crypto Kryptonite

Despite being called a currency, crypto lacks one of the most important characteristics that a currency (money) should have—a stable value.

Gerald Epstein Sep 26, 2025

SAM KNIGHT is a Washington, D.C.,-based reporter who has been doing watchdog policy reporting for 10 years.

2 articles

March/April 2024

License to Sue

The Sordid History of Investor-State Dispute Settlement Tribunals

Sam Knight Mar 1, 2024

September/October 2023

Meet the Lobbyists Running Cover for Harlan Crow and Price-Fixing Landlords

The National Multifamily Housing Council took a page from Justice Clarence Thomas’ nondisclosure playbook.

Sam Knight Sep 1, 2023