Some Elements of a Progressive International Trade Policy
There are other ways to organize U.S. international trade. The neoliberal free trade of recent decades and the trade restrictions of Trumpian tariffs are not the only options.
There are other ways to organize U.S. international trade. The neoliberal free trade of recent decades and the trade restrictions of Trumpian tariffs are not the only options.
Here are three views of the bill's horrific distributional consequences.
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.
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.
Republicans want to make it even harder for low-income people to get health care.
Monthly jobs report from the National Jobs for All Network (May 2025 and April Too)
The Wall Street Journal editors make it clear whose side they’re on.
Mike Prokosch discusses his article on short staffing, when employers intentionally hire too few workers as a menthod of work intensification.
Deliberately hiring too few people—always one of employers’ favorite methods of work intensification—is reaching new extremes.
John Miller, Arthur MacEwan, Zoe Sherman, and Marie Christine Duggan on Tariffs and the War on Workers and the Planet.
D&S columnist John Miller explains how the Trump tariffs risk stagflation—inflation combined with economic stagnation.