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

John F. Weeks

2 articles

D&S BLOG

January/February 2021 Issue

Our January/February 2021 issue is at the printers and will go out to e-subscribers very soon! The cover story,

D&S Admin Jan 1, 2021

D&S BLOG

The Euro “Recovery” in Real Time (in Case You Missed It)

If you read the Financial Times on 2 May, you learned that at long last recovery gathered pace among the

John F. Weeks Jul 11, 2014