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 Summa

3 articles

D&S BLOG

March/April 2021 Issue

Our March/April 2021 issue has gone out to e-subscribers and will be mailed soon to print subscribers. (Not a

D&S Admin Mar 4, 2021

D&S BLOG

University of Vermont Penalizes Rethinking Economics

By Steve Keen, professor and Head of the School of Economics, History and Politics at Kingston University in LondonCross-posted from

Steve Keen Aug 1, 2018

D&S BLOG

D&S Left Forum panels, plus: Friedman Responds on Single-Payer

Dollars & Sense will be at this year's Left Forum conference in New York City, this afternoon through

D&S Admin May 20, 2016