D&S BLOG
These posts are from the D&S Blog, which we mostly stopped posting to a few years ago. Visit our new blog Left Hook Economics (https://www.dollarsandsense.org/tag/left-hook-economics/).
Governor Patrick Stumbles on Prison Policy
A letter to the editor by Dollars & Sense co-editor Chris Sturr ran in today's Boston Globe,
HUD Considers Allowing Public Housing Residents to Wait for Demolitions in Their Own Homes
US Representative Maxine Waters (D-CA) and New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin recently met with the US Secretary of Housing
Econamici: The Minimum Wage and the IRS
January 16, 2007 On January 10, the House voted overwhelmingly to raise the federal minimum wage from $5.15 an
Media literacy and gay marketing
On Jan 12, Andrea Quijada of the New Mexico Media Literacy Project hosted one of the best sessions I attended
Notes from the road: musings on the nickels and dimes of travel
I've been on the road for Dollars & Sense for a week and a half now, and it&
Big Box Stores & the Future of Retail: Tales from the American Economic Association
So, we've had a highlight from the Allied Social Sciences Associations meetings; now here's a lowlight.
Dennis Kucinich at National Conference for Media Reform
On Friday night, Congressman and presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) visited the National Conference for Media Reform and issued
The Long-Term Costs of Providing Veterans Benefits
In Soldiers Returning from Iraq and Afghanistan: The Long-Term Costs of Providing Veterans Medical Care and Disability Benefits, Linda
Econ-Atrocity: The 800-Pound Ronald McDonald in the Room
An Econ-Atrocity, brought to you by the Center for Popular Economics. Econ-Atrocity: The 800-Pound Ronald McDonald in
TCCI’s North Gulfport - Turkey Creek Clean Up
The following report from the Mississippi Gulf Coast is by Derrick Evans (see "Ground Zero of Someone Else'
Save NOLA Affordable Housing Fact Sheet
The following fact sheet came via an email from Bill Quigley. It has also been posted on justiceforneworleans.org, a
Econamici: When Affirmative Action was White, by Ira Katznelson
Economic historians often refer to the period from World War II to the mid 1970's as the "