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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

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

Left Hook

The Stealthy Strategy to Strangle Medicaid

Republicans want to make it even harder for low-income people to get health care.

Nancy Folbre Jun 25, 2025

Issue 258: March/April 2005

features

Rich and Poor in the Global Economy

Bob Sutcliffe

Measuring world inequality
The Land Trust Solution

Michelle Sheehan

Conservation land trusts protect farmland from developers.
Burlington Busts the Affordable Housing Debate

Daniel Fireside

One city's radical 20-year experiment in affordable housing
Environmentalism in a Post-Capitalist Society

Interview with Robin Hahnel
BOOK EXCERPT: Economic Justice and Democracy: From Competition to Cooperation

Robin Hahnel

What progressives must do to transform the economic system

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