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 340

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Issue 340

The Economics of Residential Rent Control

A Not-So-Simple Matter of Supply and Demand

Stephen Barton Jan 1, 2019

Issue 340

A Green Job Guarantee

Forget for a moment about "Medicare for All." A proposal is gaining steam on the left that would

John Miller Jan 1, 2019

Issue 340

Neoliberalism Unchained

Jair Bolsonaro and the Rise of the Extreme Right in Brazil

James M. Cypher Jan 1, 2019