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

Russia

2 articles

D&S BLOG

Ukraine: What Will Be Done and What Should Be Done?

By Thomas Palley Reposted from the author's blog, Economics for Democratic and Open Societies. The inevitable has happened.

Thomas Palley Feb 26, 2022

D&S BLOG

Is The US Hypocritical To Criticize Russian Election Meddling?

Cross-posted at Social Europe. Thomas Carothers has recently written an article in Foreign Affairs, the prestigious elite journal published by

Thomas Palley Mar 27, 2018