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

Sun Yat-Sen

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D&S BLOG

James Galbraith Tells Us What Everyone Needs to Know About Inequality

By Polly Cleveland Inequality has surged in the U.S. over the last forty years; many observers now blame the

Polly Cleveland Sep 1, 2016