Piketty in Elysium Piketty in Elysium
If inequality sells in bookstores and box offices, it will sell at the polls as well.
May 23, 2014 / John Feffer and Foreign Policy In Focus
Thomas Piketty Undermines the Hallowed Tenets of the Capitalist Catechism Thomas Piketty Undermines the Hallowed Tenets of the Capitalist Catechism
Not only does capitalist growth not reduce inequality; it increases it.
Apr 18, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Jeff Faux
This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Here’s the Backstory on Marx and Marxism in Our Pages This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Here’s the Backstory on Marx and Marxism in Our Pages
The substance and tone of Nation articles on Marxism have tended to shift with the larger political, cultural and economic tides.
Apr 18, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Katrina vanden Heuvel
A. Philip Randolph Was Right: ‘We Will Need To Continue Demonstrations’ A. Philip Randolph Was Right: ‘We Will Need To Continue Demonstrations’
Why we still need a “Freedom Budget for All Americans.”
Apr 15, 2014 / John Nichols
The Politics Around Welfare Show Why the Poor Need a Real Break, Not Just a Tax Break The Politics Around Welfare Show Why the Poor Need a Real Break, Not Just a Tax Break
Whatever setback they’ve encountered, poor people don’t need more “incentives” to lift themselves out of poverty.
Apr 9, 2014 / Michelle Chen
Vermont Votes for Public Banking Vermont Votes for Public Banking
“[It] doesn’t make any sense for us to be sending Vermont’s hard-earned tax dollars to some bank on Wall Street which couldn’t care less about Vermont or Ve...
Mar 9, 2014 / John Nichols
UAW and VW Seek Economic High Road, Anti-Union Pols Seek to Block It UAW and VW Seek Economic High Road, Anti-Union Pols Seek to Block It
A Tennessee union vote could reshape American manufacturing.
Feb 13, 2014 / John Nichols
An Austerity Storm Hammers Georgia An Austerity Storm Hammers Georgia
Don’t blame weather forecasters. Don’t just blame the weather. The mess in Atlanta owes a lot to wrongheaded politicians like Governor Nathan Deal.
Jan 30, 2014 / John Nichols
Detroit Bankruptcy Bankrupts Democracy Detroit Bankruptcy Bankrupts Democracy
By handing power to GOP governor’s “emergency manager,” judge threatens retirees, risks a “fire sale” of assets and thwarts the will of the people.
Dec 3, 2013 / John Nichols
What the Pope Got Right About Capitalism What the Pope Got Right About Capitalism
Even non-believers can’t deny the inherent wisdom and clarity of the pontiff’s critique of the modern capitalist economy.
Dec 3, 2013 / Robert Scheer