The D&S Debrief

Chris Sturr, co-editor of Dollars & Sense, interviewed D&S columnist John Miller about his feature article "The Economics of Trump's War with Iran," from our May/June 2026 issue. The interview was conducted on April 21, and airs on the April 23rd episode of Economics for the People on KKFI in Kansas City.

Chris Sturr, co-editor of Dollars & Sense, interviewed Sasha Breger Bush, associate professor of political science at the University of Colorado, Denver. Sasha is author of our March/April 2026 cover story, Raw Materials and Raw Power: Greenland, Venezuela, and the Future of U.S. Foreign Policy. The interview was conducted on March 10, a couple of weeks into the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, so much of our discussion focused on how the lessons about Trump's foreign policy outlined in Sasha's article apply to the war. This segment aired as part of the March 26 episode of Economics for the People on KKFI in Kansas City.

Chris Sturr, co-editor of Dollars & Sense, interviewed Stephen Barton, former Housing Director for the City of Berkeley and former deputy director of the Berkeley Rent Stabilization Program. Steve is working on an article on rental housing for an upcoming issue of D&S and is author of this 2019 article on the economics of residential rent control. This segment aired as part of the February 26 episode of Economics for the People on KKFI in Kansas City.

Chris Sturr, co-editor of D&S, interviewed Kenny Stancil, a senior researcher at the Revolving Door Project, about his article for the January/February 2026 issue, "Forsake Some, Fleece the Rest," This segment aired as part of the January 22, 2026 episode (episode #27) of Economics for the People on KKFI in Kansas City.

Chris Sturr, co-editor of D&S, interviewed economist Kalena Thomhave about her article for the January/February 2026 issue, "Starving the Safety Net." This segment aired as part of the December 25th, 2025 episode (episode #26) of Economics for the People on KKFI in Kansas City.

Chris Sturr, co-editor of D&S, interviewed economist Rob Larson about his article for the November/December 2025 issue, "Discredited: The Ham-fisted Tyranny of the Credit Agency Oligopoly." This segment aired as part of the November 27 episode (episode #24) of Economics for the People on KKFI in Kansas City.

On October 15, 2025, D&S co-editor Chris Sturr interviewed David Bacon, journalist, photographer, and frequent D&S contributor, about his cover story for our November/December issue, "Poverty and Deportees on the Streets in Tijuana." This segment aired as part of the October 23rd episode of Economics for the People on KKFI in Kansas City.

Chris Sturr, co-editor of D&S, interviewed labor historian Shel Stromquist about his article for the September/October 2025 issue, "Mamdani's Municipal Socialist Inheritance." A shorter version of this interview aired as part of the September 25 episode (episode #22) of Economics for the People on KKFI in Kansas City.

On August 22, 2025, D&S co-editor Chris Sturr interviewed Rick Wolff, author of Military Keyensianism, Then and Now, from our July/August issue. This episode of The D&S Debrief aired as part of the August 28th episode of Economics for the People on KKFI in Kansas City.

On July 16, 2025, D&S co-editor Chris Sturr interviewed Gerald Epstein, author of Crypto: What Is It and What Is All the Fuss About?, the latest post on our new blog, Left Hook Economics (available here on the D&S website and also on Substack).

Listen to our "D&S Debrief" interview with Amanda Page-Hoongrajok on the recent history of organizing and militancy among garment workers from Vietnam, China, and Bangladesh. Click here to read Amanda's article from our May/June 2025 issue, "Worker Power Comes from Workers."

On May 14, 2025, D&S co-editor Chris Sturr interviewed Mike Prokosch, veteran Boston-area popular economics organizer, about his article from our May/June issue on "short staffing"--when employers intentionally hire too few workers as a menthod of work intensification.

D&S columnist John Miller explains how the Trump tariffs risk stagflation—inflation combined with economic stagnation, in this interview from April 10, 2025.

The Mon Valley, an area ravaged by deindustrialization just outside of Pittsburgh, has attracted thousands of new immigrants in recent years, a fact President-elect Donald Trump exploited in his successful campaign for the White House.D&S co-editor Chris Sturr interviewed Kalena Thomhave, author of the feature in our January/February 2025 issue, Migration on the Mon, about what she found when she visited the town of Charleroi.

An interview with Nick French about his article on the 50-year evolution of the GOP. This segment was part of the November 28, 2024 episode of Economics for the People on KKFI in Kansas City.

D&S co-editor Chris Sturr interviewed Chris Maisano about his cover article in our Sept/Oct 2024 issue, Just Follow the Money (subtitle: "To see whose interests the two parties represent, look at who their billionaire funders are." Chris Maisano is a trade unionist and an active member of the New York City chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA).

An interview with Saurav Sarkar, author of "Is the World Cup Worth It?" from the September/October 2024 issue of Dollars & Sense.

An interview with independent journalist Austin Landes about her article from the July/August 2024 issue of Dollars & Sense, A Battle Over Copper in Colombia (subtitle: "In the fertile heart of the Andes, a local tug-of-war reveals the dilemmas of mining for metals critical to decarbonization.").

D&S co-editor Chris Sturr spoke with incarcerated writer Tyler Bowman, author of Forced Labor vs. Forced Idleness, from our March/April 2024 issue.This D&S Debrief segment aired as part of the March 2024 episode of Economics for the People on KKFI in Kansas City. Listen to the full episode here.

D&S co-editor Chris Sturr interviewed Marie Duggan about the accident with an Alaska Airlines Boeing-built plane in January 2024, and what Boeing's safety problems have to do with the issues Duggan addressed in her July/August 2021 article in D&S.

Chris Sturr, co-editor of D&S, speaks with Nick French about his article "The Heavy, Unequal Burden of Student Debt," from the January/February 2024 issue.This segment aired as part of the January 25, 2024 episode of Economics for the People on KKFI FM in Kansas City.

D&S co-editor Chris Sturr interviewed political scientist Robert Ovetz about his cover story for our November/December 2023 issue, AI and the Future of Work.

An interview with D&S columnist John Miller about his article Millionaires' Tax Reality Back at You, from our September/October 2023 issue.

An interview with Arthur MacEwan about his article from our September/October 2023 issue, "The Economic Conditions of Black People in the United States."