Thad Williamson, David Imbroscio, and Gar Alperovitz

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

Thad Williamson is a doctoral student in political theory at Harvard and a Dollars & Sense collective member. David Imbroscio is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Louisvill

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Issue 244

Capital Stability and Local Democracy

What's the worst-kept dirty secret about local politics in the United States? That in most American cities,

Thad Williamson, David Imbroscio, and Gar Alperovitz Nov 1, 2002