Left Hook 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
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