The Math on Government Spending The Math on Government Spending
Proving once and for all that progressive economic projects are worth more than tax cuts.
Mar 11, 2008 / Daniel Carol
How to Swim Against the Current How to Swim Against the Current
People are wriggling free of the fetters of corporate culture.
Mar 6, 2008 / Feature / Jim Hightower and Susan DeMarco
The Incredible Shrinking Paycheck The Incredible Shrinking Paycheck
Feeling squeezed? It's official: if you're not in management, the value of your paycheck is dropping at an alarming rate.
Feb 21, 2008 / Feature / Nancy Cleeland
Half-a-Loaf Stimulus Half-a-Loaf Stimulus
Good news in the stimulus package: low and middle income Americans receive cash to rev a slowing economy. Bad news: tax breaks for businesses won't help much at all.
Feb 13, 2008 / Feature / Nancy Cleeland
The Ron Paul Economy The Ron Paul Economy
OK, three-quarters of what he says is wacky. But his view of the Fed's contribution to rampant inflation is right on the money.
Jan 31, 2008 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
Disowned by the Ownership Society Disowned by the Ownership Society
Bush turns out to be the undertaker of the free market's false promises to ordinary Americans.
Jan 31, 2008 / Column / Naomi Klein
Desperately Seeking Stimulus Desperately Seeking Stimulus
An economy addicted to growth, bubbles, downsizing and lending sprees--has become disconnected from the real economy of ordinary human needs.
Jan 22, 2008 / Barbara Ehrenreich
Our Eroding Dollar Our Eroding Dollar
No matter how much it adds to inflation, the Fed, prodded by Wall Street, is poised to again lower interest rates--punching an even bigger hole in our purchasing power.
Jan 18, 2008 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
Recession–Who Cares? Recession–Who Cares?
Politicians and economists find it hard to admit that we have two economies--one for the rich and one for everyone else--and the latter has been in a recession, if not a depression...
Jan 9, 2008 / Barbara Ehrenreich
Deal Breakers Deal Breakers
Two new books seek to galvanize progressives at a key political moment: Paul Krugman's The Conscience of a Liberal and Jonathan Chait's The Big Con.
Nov 21, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Kim Phillips-Fein