Trade, Tariffs, and Soybeans
Trump has consistently claimed that exporters, those countries who are “ripping us off,” are paying the tariffs. However, the actual data tell a different story.
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.