The features of the bill that are likely to help ordinary people were catchy and easy to understand—reduced taxes on tips and overtime pay and a higher standard deduction for the elderly on income taxes. Yet these projected revenue losses are tiny compared to those incurred by the super rich.
There are other ways to organize U.S. international trade. The neoliberal free trade of recent decades and the trade restrictions of Trumpian tariffs are not the only options.
Dollars & Sense held its 45th-anniversary celebration on November 14th at the Nonprofit Center in Boston. About fifty former and current collective members and supporters gathered to hear short speeches by D&S co-founder and columnist and econ professor emeritus at UMass-Boston Arthur MacEwan, and Boston College sociology professor and former D&S collective member Juliet Schor. There was also food, drink, birthday cake, a timeline, and memories and celebrations of the magazine and the the economic justice organization that produces it.
You can find the text of Julie Schor's speech at Triple Crisis blog, here.
The event was also a fundraiser; we are still accepting donations to support our work and make the organization financially sustainable for years to come. You can donate online here.
D&S co-editor Liz Henderson cuts the cake; D&S collective member Cadwell Turnbull enjoys the cake.Former staff member Dan Fireside and current collective members Will Beaman, Zoe Sherman, Sarah Cannon, and Cadwell Turnbull sing "Happy Birthday" to D&S.A timeline of Dollars & SenseThe evening's speakers: D&S co-editor Chris Sturr, D&S co-founder Arthur MacEwan, and Prof. Juliet Schor.Back issues on displaySigned prints of former D&S art director Nick Thorkelson's "Comic Strip of Neoliberalism" were on sale at the event. Contact us or look for info at the D&S website in the next few weeks if you'd like to purchase prints.Many thanks to our generous solidarity sponsors.