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Tariffs, Deportations, and Tax Cuts for the Rich
Economists agree: Trump’s proposed policies would be bad for the U.S. economy.

Getting Better All the Time?
Don’t drown while wading through the numbers in the December jobs report.

Migration on the Mon
The Mon Valley, an area ravaged by deindustrialization just outside of Pittsburgh, has attracted thousands of new immigrants in recent years, a fact President-elect Donald Trump exploited in his successful campaign for the White House.
Dollars & Sense 50th-Anniversary Interviews
Two sets of interviews to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Dollars & Sense: * Interviews with David Bacon, Emily Kawano, and
Imagining 50 Years From Now
For our 50th-anniversary issue, we asked five Dollars & Sense supporters to imagine what the U.S. and global economies could look like 50 years from now. Here is what they came up with. The illustrations are by Philadelphia-based artist Michelle Sayles. — Eds.

The Other Villains in U.S. Health Care: Private Equity Firms
What one state is doing about the PE takeover of the industry.

Domestic Workers: A New Face of Solidarity
In the United States, Canada, and Mexico domestic workers have similar problems, but have taken different directions in trying to force a change.

What Trump Can and Can’t Do to Immigrants
Still relevant from 2017: Understanding how the economic system Trump and his appointees will operate in constrains immigration policy.
Will the Harris Anti-Price Gouging Plan Gore the Market? Hardly!
Kamala Harris’s Anti-Price Gouging Plan