Inflation has been slowing but mainstream news reports that it is still high, and the Fed continues to talk about “high wages,”…

n September 2017, Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico. Almost exactly five years later, Hurricane Fiona did it again. The death toll from…

The American labor market is characterized by high levels of employer power

Dear Dr. Dollar: Why is the Federal Reserve raising interest rates? What’s the impact?                 —Anonymous, via email The simple answer: The Fed…

The current colonial status, in addition to its negative economic impact, involves a fundamental violation of human rights and democracy

In late 2014, there is reason to hope that the perverse ideology, market fundamentalism, has been somewhat weakened

With a president who is African-American and talk of a “post-racial” society, one might think that the economic position of African Americans…

Dear Dr. Dollar: Is the Federal Reserve, the Fed, as important to the operation of the economy as it seems? How…

Dear Dr. Dollar: People in the Occupy movement and many others are quite concerned about “corporate personhood,” and especially about the…