The Plutonomy—AI Edition—and the Coming Crisis
Driven by speculative finance, stagnant wages, and AI hype, today’s tech-heavy economy mirrors the fragile plutonomy that collapsed into the Great Crash of 1929.
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Space Wars
Interview with Bruce Gagnon - The administration's proposal for human space exploration is designed to project U.S. military power into the skies.
Who Votes, and How?
Of the last four presidential elections won by the Republican candidate, the two closest ones (in 1980 and 2000) would
Wealth Inequality by the Numbers
https://www.dollarsandsense.org/content/files/2025/02/0104inequality-1.pdf
Immigrant Restaurant Workers Hope to Rock New York
Following 9/11, displaced restaurant workers are transforming grief into action.
<a href="http://www.dollarsandsense.org/archives/2003/1103balance.pdf">Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria</a>
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
Dear Dr. Dollar:
A Republican friend tells me that the huge new tax cuts will actually produce more revenue than the government would have collected before the cut, because once rich beneficiaries invest the money, they will pay taxes on every transaction. He suggested that the increase could be as much as 50% more
Backs to the Wall
Israel's stranglehold on the Palestinian economy is consolidated by a massive wall.
Stop Killer Coke!
Death squads have assassinated eight trade union leaders in Coca-Cola bottling plants in Colombia. The Stop Killer Coke campaign holds the beverage giant responsible.
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Tyson Workers Holding the Line… and the Pepperoni
Less than 500 pepperoni workers on strike against Tyson Foods in the tiny Wisconsin town of Jefferson are staring down