Economic Policy

Lloyd Blankfein

Is Goldman Sachs Partly to Blame for Greece’s Debt Crisis? Is Goldman Sachs Partly to Blame for Greece’s Debt Crisis?

The bank should be held morally accountable for its risky deal-making, says Reich. Nonsense, says Cohan—that's “populist demagoguery.”

Jul 23, 2015 / William D. Cohan and Robert B. Reich

Scott Walker speaks at an inauguration ceremony at the state capitol in Madison, Wisconsin.

Scott Walker Is Trolling Us Scott Walker Is Trolling Us

Sports as political money laundering is nothing new. But it's difficult to think of an example as brazen as Scott Walker's stadium deal for the Milwaukee Bucks.

Jul 22, 2015 / Dave Zirin

Fight for 15 protest

Radical Histories: A Fair Economy for All Radical Histories: A Fair Economy for All

In the last century and a half, in good economic times and in bad, The Nation has focused attention on economic injustice, exploitation and inequality.

Jul 21, 2015 / The Nation

Puerto Rico debt crisis

How Hedge and Vulture Funds Have Exploited Puerto Rico’s Debt Crisis How Hedge and Vulture Funds Have Exploited Puerto Rico’s Debt Crisis

For this island teetering on bankruptcy, debt renegotiation is imminent—but on whose terms?

Jul 21, 2015 / Ed Morales

Grexit

How Can Greece Break Out of the Austerity Trap? How Can Greece Break Out of the Austerity Trap?

Whether it leaves or stays under the yoke of the German-led technocracy, Athens will need to find an alternative path to recovery.

Jul 20, 2015 / Michelle Chen

Elizabeth Warren

Elizabeth Warren Just Issued a Major Challenge to All Presidential Contenders Elizabeth Warren Just Issued a Major Challenge to All Presidential Contenders

Warren urges the candidates (read: Hillary Clinton) to push for legislation that would curb Wall Street’s influence in politics.

Jul 17, 2015 / George Zornick

Serfing the Web: On-Demand Workers Deserve a Place at the Table

Serfing the Web: On-Demand Workers Deserve a Place at the Table Serfing the Web: On-Demand Workers Deserve a Place at the Table

Workers’ voices are being excluded from discussions on the future of the “sharing economy.”

Jul 16, 2015 / Trebor Scholz and Frank Pasquale

Austerity Has Been Discredited. So Why Won’t It Die?

Austerity Has Been Discredited. So Why Won’t It Die? Austerity Has Been Discredited. So Why Won’t It Die?

Greece has been pushed to the brink not to help its economy, but to show who’s in charge.

Jul 16, 2015 / Sarah Leonard

Goldman Sachs

How Goldman Sachs Profited From the Greek Debt Crisis How Goldman Sachs Profited From the Greek Debt Crisis

The investment bank made millions by helping to hide the true extent of the debt, and in the process almost doubled it.

Jul 16, 2015 / Robert B. Reich

Sigmar Gabriel

Germany’s Social Democrats Are Colluding in Greece’s Destruction—and I’m Leaving The Party Germany’s Social Democrats Are Colluding in Greece’s Destruction—and I’m Leaving The Party

Germany’s largest left-of-center party no longer represents left values.

Jul 15, 2015 / Yascha Mounk

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