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Interview: Asian Garment Worker Uprisings

An interview with Amanda Page-Hoongrajok

D&S Admin Jul 11, 2025

Left Hook

Some Elements of a Progressive International Trade Policy

There are other ways to organize U.S. international trade. The neoliberal free trade of recent decades and the trade restrictions of Trumpian tariffs are not the only options.

Arthur MacEwan Jul 9, 2025

Left Hook

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

Issue 331: July/August 2017

An Empire Upside Down

Christy Thornton

The new directions in Trump’s approach to Latin America reveal the changed status of U.S. influence in the region. Read more »
Imperialism by the Book

The dollars &Amp; Sense Collective

D&S collective members review new and classic books on empire. Read more »

Available only in the print edition:

If Corporations Are People, What Kind of People Are They?

Geoff Schneider

Brief descriptions of psychopathic behavior by corporate “people.” | Order this issue or subscribe.

Climate Change, Imperialism, and Democracy

Questions and Answers with Liz Stanton

A climate economist talks about how climate change is related to global inequalities in wealth and power. | Order this issue or subscribe.

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the short run
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economy in numbers A Future for Growth, If We Choose It
ask dr. dollar What Would a Progressive Trade Policy Look Like?