Mamdani’s Municipal Socialist Inheritance

Buried in the historical record are the vibrant currents of municipal socialism that reshaped our urban worlds more than we acknowledge or even realize.

Shelton Stromquist Sep 28, 2025

The D&S Debrief

Interview: Municipal Socialism

An interview with Shel Stromquist on municipal socialism in the United States.

Shelton Stromquist Sep 28, 2025

Left Hook Economics

Stablecoins: Crypto Kryptonite

Despite being called a currency, crypto lacks one of the most important characteristics that a currency (money) should have—a stable value.

Gerald Epstein Sep 26, 2025

higher education

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D&S BLOG

Black Students Matter: Why Sanders Is Winning Young Voters

By Gerald Friedman and Mark Paul The writers are respectively Professor of Economics at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst

Gerald Friedman and Mark Paul Feb 24, 2016

D&S BLOG

Friday Links: Market Basket, War and Climate Change, etc.

(1) Alejandro Reuss on Market Basket: I noticed that a Twitter account related to the low-wage worker organizing that is

D&S Admin Oct 3, 2014