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 245: January/February 2003

features

Immigrant Workers in the Crosshairs

David Bacon

Repression in the wake of September 11.
"Death Tax" Deception

Rosie Hunter and Chuck Collins

The movement to repeal the estate tax
Special Section on Education
- Class Conflict
  
  Ellen Mutari and Malaku Lakew
  
  College students are caught between paid work and coursework.
- Move Over HMOs, the EMOs Are Coming
  
  Amy Gluckman
  
  Education Management Organizations take over public schools.
The World Bank's One-Way Dialogue

Mark Engler

the regulars

the short run
active culture Dispatch from the FTAA Ministerial
comment The Thirteenth Amendment and the Right to Strike
making sense "Savage Inequalities" Revisited
letters
ask dr. dollar How has NAFTA affected trade and employment?
economy in numbers The U.S. War Machine