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

Issue 295

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The Purloined Trillions

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James M. Cypher Jul 1, 2011

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Universal Health Care: Can We Afford Anything Less?

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Gerald Friedman Jul 1, 2011

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From Public Meat Markets to Derivatives Markets

A Lesson from Old New York

Polly Cleveland Jul 1, 2011

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How Democracy Works

B. Deutsch Jul 1, 2011

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Failing to Make the Grade

A review of Higher Education? How Colleges are Wasting our Money and Failing our Kids—And What We Can Do About It by Andrew Hacker & Claudia Dreifus (New York: Time Books, 2010).

Steven Pressman Jul 1, 2011