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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

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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

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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

Issue 251: January/February 2004

features

Immigrant Restaurant Workers Hope to Rock New York

Dan La Botz

Following 9/11, displaced restaurant workers are transforming grief into action.
The Power of Salvadoran Labor

Esther Cervantes

Interview with fired labor leader Sara Quintanilla.
Book Excerpt: Harvard Works Because We Do

Greg Halpern

Custodians and service workers at the world's wealthiest university tell their stories.
Wealth Inequality by the Numbers

United for a Fair Economy
Tax Wealth to Broaden Wealth

Chuck Collins and Dedrick Muhammad
The Chad-Cameroon Pipeline: Barrelfuls of Trouble

Victoria Finkle

The World Bank is helping three multi-national oil giants develop Chad�s oil reserves. Who will benefit?

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