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 233: January/February 2001

features

Serbia After Milosevic

Jeremy Scahill

Let the Neoliberal Games Begin.
Corporate Welfare for Welfare Corporations

Karyn Rotker
Hunter or Shepherds of the Sea?

Samuel Scott

Understanding the Fisheries Crisis of the Northwest Atlantic
Business and Climate Change

David L. Levy

Privatizing Enviromental Regulation?
The ABCs of "Free-Trade" Agreements

The Dollars &Amp; Sense Collective
The IMF and World Bank's Cosmetic Makeover

Sarah Anderson
Thirty Years of Chilean Socialism

Alejandro Reuss

the regulars

lettersDirty Politics
the short runThe Cuban Model
primerIs India Roundup Ready?
active cultureStorming the Université
commentAn Electoral Fixation
making sense"The case reported here are not exceptional..."
ask dr. dollarIs There Any Evidence for "Trickle Down"?
in reviewColorado: 1870-2000
economy in numbersThe "Other America" Revisited