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Energy Security for the People

For working Americans, energy security means being able to afford to drive to work, heat a home, and keep the lights on.

James K. Boyce Jul 10, 2026

In Review

The Semiquincentennial, D&S Style

In honor of the 250th, capsule reviews of U.S. history books by members of the Dollars & Sense collective.

D&S Admin Jul 4, 2026

The D&S Debrief

Interview: The High Costs of the Cloud

An Interview with Kalena Thomhave

Kalena Thomhave Jul 2, 2026

September/October 2016

Issue 326—Annual Labor Issue

September/October 2016

Artificial Intelligence and Unemployment

Arthur Macewan

Dear Dr. Dollar: Will artificial intelligence and the application of robotics to production really lead to massive job loss? Read more »
Jobs, Justice, and the Clean-Energy Future

Jeremy Brecher

Is there a way to escape the apparent lose-lose choice between saving the climate and saving jobs? Read more »
Class War by Other Means

Chris Brooks

Massive subsidies to Volkswagen in Tennessee shows how large corporations have bled state government funds in exchange for jobs. Read more »
“Equal Pay” Is Not So Equal

John Miller

Skeptics claim that the gender pay gap is a statistical artifact, and that women already get equal pay. But they’re wrong. Read more »

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How Graduate Teaching Assistants
Became “Employees”

An Interview with Ira Sills

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the regulars

editors’ note If You’re Not Moving Forward, You’re Moving Backward
comment Labor in the Sharing Economy | Sources for this article
the short run
in review David Rolf, The Fight for $15
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