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Energy Security for the People

For working Americans, energy security means being able to afford to drive to work, heat a home, and keep the lights on.

James K. Boyce Jul 10, 2026

In Review

The Semiquincentennial, D&S Style

In honor of the 250th, capsule reviews of U.S. history books by members of the Dollars & Sense collective.

D&S Admin Jul 4, 2026

The D&S Debrief

Interview: The High Costs of the Cloud

An Interview with Kalena Thomhave

Kalena Thomhave Jul 2, 2026

July/August 2022

Issue 361

July/August 2022

Labor and the Economic Impacts
of the Covid-19 Crisis

Alejandro Reuss

An update of the author’s June 2020 article, “How the Coronavirus Crisis Became an Economic Crisis.” | Read more »
Round Up the Usual Scapegoats

John Miller

Instead of trying to make sense of the multitude of factors that pushed up prices, the conservative economists have fixated on the usual scapegoats: government spending and tighter labor markets. | Read more »

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Exporting Water in the Era of Climate Cataclysm

Bill Barclay

Part Two of a Two-Part Series on California’s Intensive Agriculture

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