Thomas I. Palley - Dollars & Sense

No Matter How You Look at It, the Big Beautiful Bill is a Monstrosity

Here are three views of the bill's horrific distributional consequences.

John Miller Jul 7, 2025

Left Hook

What’s Different About Today’s Government Deficit and Debt?

As of today, the U.S. government’s current deficit and debt are indeed currently at unprecedented levels for peacetime—once we account for them appropriately.

Robert Pollin Jul 1, 2025

Left Hook

No Tax on Tips

Even the stand-alone No Tax on Tips Act would do far too little to better the lot of low-income workers, even tipped workers.

John Miller Jun 27, 2025

Thomas Palley is an economist in Washington, D.C. His weekly policy blog (where a version of this article originally appeared) is published at www.thomaspalley.com [http://www.thomaspalley.com]. He is

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Issue 273

The Fed and America's Distorted Expansion

[seealso id="1"] The U.S. economy has been in expansion mode since November 2001. Though of reasonable

Thomas I. Palley Nov 1, 2007