Terry O'keefe - Dollars & Sense

Tax Billionaires, Save Lives: California’s Proposition 40 Is Met With a Heap of Meritless Objections

A one-time tax on the super wealthy is an important step toward greater equality.

John Miller Oct 21, 2026

How to Fund a Fairer Economy—and Reduce Inequality

How can we fund universal childcare, Medicare for All, and a green economy while reducing inequality? A new plan shows how taxing wealth and corporate profits more fairly—and cutting wasteful spending—could pay for a fairer, more prosperous economy.

Nancy Folbre Oct 15, 2026

Left Hook Economics

When All Else Is Out of Bounds, Zap Labor

From Nixon’s wage controls to today’s interest rate hikes, the fight against inflation has targeted labor.

Arthur MacEwan Oct 2, 2026

Terry O'Keefe is a freelance business writer and columnist from Oakland, California. His bi-weekly journal of commentary on business, politics, and change is available on the Internet. He can be reach

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Issue 234

The Elusive Search for "the Capital" in Capital Gains

If the Republicans have their way, Congress will soon enact another hefty cut in the capital gains tax. That proposal

Terry O'keefe Mar 1, 2001