The Dollars & Sense Collective

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

2 articles

Issue 312

The Roller Coaster Heads Down

Ask yourselves, Ronald Reagan asked the electorate in 1980, whether you are better off or worse off than you were

The Dollars & Sense Collective May 1, 2014

Issue 238

September 11: A Discussion

All of us at Dollars & Sense were shaken by the attacks of September 11. In discussing our response, we

The Dollars & Sense Collective Nov 1, 2001