Mayday! Mayday! Jobs, Health Care, and Trump’s Tantrum
We need to put an end to Trump’s war spending tax cuts for the wealthy and redirect those monies to public spending, especially social support programs.
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Homeless take to the airwaves tonight
The 11th Annual Homelessness Marathon, a 14-hour national radio dialogue on poverty and housing in the US, will take
Recession linked to workers' rights
Dean Baker, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, writes on the AFL-CIO website about the
Corporate Security
Bad government has been good business during the Bush administration. In 1999, nine companies had federal homeland security contracts. Today
Some Roses Don't Smell So Sweet
Before you order those overpriced roses for your Valentine's Day sweetie, consider a few disturbing facts from our
Long-term unemployment bad enough to warrant action
The latest Economic Snapshot from the Economic Policy Institute. The White House has demanded that legislators not extend unemployment benefits
Policy Paradoxes in the Financial Meltdown
This posting is from James Miehls, a grad student in economics at UMass-Amherst and a member of the D&
Accountability for the Crisis
This posting is by Arjun Jayadev, who teaches economics at UMass Boston and is a member of the D&
The Heritage Foundation Still Won't Set You Free
We just received our free review copy of the 2008 Index of Economic Freedom, the annual ode to meaningless statistics
Online Resource of the Day
Dollars & Sense readers and supporters will find the PLA website most informative. The Predatory Lending Association mission: To help
The Dull Compulsion of the Economic (#11)
A series of blog entries by D&S collective member Larry Peterson. With all the turmoil on the markets
The Dull Compulsion of the Economic (#10)
A series of blog entries by D&S collective member Larry Peterson. The Nobel Prize in economics was awarded