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 334

2 articles

Issue 334

Dear Dr. Dollar: Is Economic Growth Environmentally Sustainable?

I keep hearing progressive economists talking about environmental sustainability, in particular in the context of the looming catastrophe of global

Arthur Macewan Jan 1, 2018

Issue 334

Trump and National Neoliberalism, Revisited

Last winter, in the wake of the 2016 Presidential election, I wrote an article for Dollars & Sense in which

Sasha Breger Bush Jan 1, 2018