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David and Goliath, or Why the One Percent Has to Rig the System
By Polly Cleveland Malcolm Gladwell’s bestseller, David and Goliath, asks how and why the weak win far more often
Labour Party Leadership: Fight for Policies Not Souls
By John Weeks A Yawning Divide Those following the internal conflict in the UK Labour Party repeatedly read that it
John Perkins' New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
By Polly Cleveland In 1946, when I was a year old, my father hung up his Navy uniform and joined
Financing vs. Spending Unions: How to Remedy the Eurozone’s Original Sin
By Thomas Palley In economic policy, timing isn’t everything, it’s the only thing. The euro zone crisis has
The July/August Issue Is Out!
The July/August issue of Dollars & Sense is out! We fell a bit behind because of our recent office
Understanding the Corbyn Phenomenon
By John Weeks Labour Party Rebellion of 2016 Cross-country political comparisons mislead by creating an illusion of insight. The attempt
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