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

Issue 232: November/December 2000

features

Candidates and Consequences

The dollars &Amp; Sense Collective
Privatizing Social Security is Bad, Particularly for Women

Cahterine Hill
Special Section on Mexico
- Where Now for Mexico?
  
  Alejandro Reuss
- The Isthmus of Tehantepec
  
  Wendy Call
  
  An Island in an Electoral Storm
- Coming Close to Clean
  
  Wendy Call
  
  A View of the Mexican Elections from Oaxaca
- "To Lead by Obeying"
  
  Zapatista National Liberation Army
- Into the Frying PAN
  
  Dan La Botz
  
  Mexican Labor Faces Its Greatest Crisis
Land Reform

Mackie J. Mcleod

Unfinished Business for the African Century

the regulars

the short runThe Best Drugs Money Can Buy
active cultureStanding Up to Standardized Tests
commentMore than a Seat at the Table
making sensePopular Economics Education / The Repeal of the Estate Tax
ask dr. dollarSecret Stock Stabilization?
economy in numbersDiet Coke and Dom Perignon