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

Great Recession

2 articles

D&S BLOG

Paul Krugman Crosses the Line

By Gerald Epstein Cross-posted at our sister blog Triple Crisis. In his recent New York Times opinion column, "Sanders

Gerald Epstein Apr 9, 2016

D&S BLOG

New Issue!

New Issue! Our Jan/Feb 2015 issue is (finally) out--or at least it is ready to be sent to the

D&S Admin Jan 22, 2015