Economists, the Trump Tariffs, and Alternatives
One should not jump from the condemnation of Trump’s tariffs by economists (and others) to an acceptance of free trade as a key to economic progress.
Issue 263
8 articles
Dear Dr. Dollar:
Can you explain how poverty is defined in government statistics? Is this a realistic definition? —Susan Balok, Savannah, Ga.
<a href="https://dollarsandsense.org/archives/2006/0106woolmanmcbride.pdf">Medicare D gets an F</a>
https://dollarsandsense.org/archives/2006/0106woolmanmcbride.pdf
The Political Economy of the Prison Crisis
The huge expansion of the criminal justice system in the United States over the past thirty years has replaced social welfare programs with mass incarceration.