Economic Policy

A Globalization Offensive A Globalization Offensive

In 2007 Congress may get real on the fallacies and contradictions of global trade.

Jan 11, 2007 / William Greider

The ‘Seattle Senators’ The ‘Seattle Senators’

Newly elected advocates of fair trade in the House and Senate could reverse the free-trade absolutism of the Clinton and Bush years.

Dec 4, 2006 / John Nichols

Friedman’s Cruel Legacy Friedman’s Cruel Legacy

Milton Friedman's free-market faith produced a bastardized system of interest-group politics that favors sectors of citizens at the expense of many others.

Nov 22, 2006 / William Greider

The Economic Debate: Fear vs. Corruption The Economic Debate: Fear vs. Corruption

As election day approaches, don't expect a reasoned discussion of economic policy between the two parties. A barrage of quips and one-liners have taken the place of detail and fact...

Oct 5, 2006 / Feature / Robert L. Borosage

Undone by Neoliberalism Undone by Neoliberalism

Before the storm, neoliberalism shaped the social and economic inequities of New Orleans; after Hurricane Katrina, it worsened them by making government the tool of corporations an...

Aug 31, 2006 / Feature / Adolph Reed Jr.

Born-Again Rubinomics Born-Again Rubinomics

Is Former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin's new "conceptual framework" of economic reform an acknowledgment of neoliberalism's failures or simply a repackaged version of Clintono...

Jul 13, 2006 / Feature / William Greider

History Lesson History Lesson

Back in Washington's day, Congress printed money to fight the Revolutionary War without collecting taxes to back it up--and paid the price in inflation: History repeats itself toda...

Jun 27, 2006 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman

Giving Americans a Raise Giving Americans a Raise

The massive number of Americans who support raising the minimum wage should spur Congress to action.

Mar 23, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel and Sam Graham-Felsen

Rising Prices + Higher Interest Rates = Middle-Class Misery Rising Prices + Higher Interest Rates = Middle-Class Misery

Interest rates nosed higher today as the Federal Reserve Board sought to control inflation. But the impact of runaway inflation is already being felt by workers whose wages will st...

Nov 1, 2005 / Feature / Nicholas von Hoffman

The Real Costs of a Culture of Greed The Real Costs of a Culture of Greed

The affluent mask of the United States has been torn away by the storm, exposing a nation that has become progressively poorer under the leadership of the party of Big Business.

Sep 6, 2005 / Column / Robert Scheer

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