Trade, Tariffs, and Soybeans
Trump has consistently claimed that exporters, those countries who are “ripping us off,” are paying the tariffs. However, the actual data tell a different story.
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Enforcement of Puerto Rico's Colonial Debt Pushes Out Young Workers
"Compromise" protects vulture funds, not Puerto Rico
An Historical Perspective on Brexit
Capitalist Internationalism, Reactionary Nationalism, and Socialist Internationalism
European Social Democracy and the Roots of the Eurozone Crisis
Part 1: Monetary Union and Fiscal Disunion
Dear Dr. Dollar: Are We Stuck in a Period of Economic Stagnation?
Is it really true (or likely) that the U.S. and world economies are entering an extended period of slow economic growth--that is, stagnation? --Aaron Shields, Maplewood, N.J.
Why Negative Interest Rate Policy (NIRP) Is Ineffective and Dangerous
By Thomas Palley NIRP is quickly becoming a consensus policy within the economics establishment. This paper argues that consensus is
Alone Now: From Hope to Brexit Despair
By John Weeks A Tale of Two Summers The summer of 2015 brought a spectacularly bright ray of progressive hope
Brexit: The Day We Entered the Eye of the Maelstrom
By Thomas Palley In years to come, the Brexit referendum may come to be seen as the day we entered
New Office!
New Office! We had to move the Dollars & Sense office yet again (we were only in our last office
D&S Left Forum panels, plus: Friedman Responds on Single-Payer
Dollars & Sense will be at this year's Left Forum conference in New York City, this afternoon through
Boycott the Rio Olympics to Defend Brazilian Democracy
By Thomas Palley Reposted from Thomas Palley's blog. Terrible anti-democratic events are now unfolding in Brazil with the
Our May/June issue is out!
Our May/June issue is out! Print subscribers should get their copies soon, and electronic subscribers just received their full-color