No Matter How You Look at It, the Big Beautiful Bill is a Monstrosity

Here are three views of the bill's horrific distributional consequences.

John Miller Jul 7, 2025

Left Hook

What’s Different About Today’s Government Deficit and Debt?

As of today, the U.S. government’s current deficit and debt are indeed currently at unprecedented levels for peacetime—once we account for them appropriately.

Robert Pollin Jul 1, 2025

Left Hook

No Tax on Tips

Even the stand-alone No Tax on Tips Act would do far too little to better the lot of low-income workers, even tipped workers.

John Miller Jun 27, 2025

Costs of Empire

2 articles

D&S BLOG

Costs of Empire: King's "Beyond Vietnam"

As part of our ongoing "Costs of Empire" project (see our March/April special issue on that topic

Martin Luther King, Jr. Apr 5, 2017

D&S BLOG

New Issue--Costs of Empire

Our March/April issue has been sent to e-subscribers and should be hitting print subscribers' mailboxes soon. (Not a

D&S Admin Mar 23, 2017