Economics

Is Bitcoin the Future of Money?

Is Bitcoin the Future of Money? Is Bitcoin the Future of Money?

Libertarians and leftists alike predict a world of competing digital currencies.

Apr 30, 2014 / Feature / Doug Henwood

What Cliven Bundy Learned From the Koch Brothers

What Cliven Bundy Learned From the Koch Brothers What Cliven Bundy Learned From the Koch Brothers

The real “takers” are the biggest corporations and banks, the richest Americans.

Apr 29, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Fast-Food CEOs Make 1,200 Times As Much As One of Their Workers—and They Want to Keep It That Way

Fast-Food CEOs Make 1,200 Times As Much As One of Their Workers—and They Want to Keep It That Way Fast-Food CEOs Make 1,200 Times As Much As One of Their Workers—and They Want to Keep It That Way

The food industry is now the most unequal sector in the American economy.

Apr 24, 2014 / Zoë Carpenter

Life Inside the New Minimum Wage Economy

Life Inside the New Minimum Wage Economy Life Inside the New Minimum Wage Economy

Taxpayers are basically moneylenders to a government that is far more interested in subsidizing business than in caring for their workers.

Apr 24, 2014 / Peter Van Buren

The Power of Piketty’s ‘Capital’

The Power of Piketty’s ‘Capital’ The Power of Piketty’s ‘Capital’

A brilliant book has named the problem of our time. But will anything change?

Apr 23, 2014 / Column / Eric Alterman

Obama’s Free Trade Agreement Ignores the Scandal of Rana Plaza

Obama’s Free Trade Agreement Ignores the Scandal of Rana Plaza Obama’s Free Trade Agreement Ignores the Scandal of Rana Plaza

The president should be proposing new rules for importers who manufacture their products overseas, but don’t hold your breath.

Apr 23, 2014 / William Greider

Elizabeth Warren Wants to Give Students a Fighting Chance

Elizabeth Warren Wants to Give Students a Fighting Chance Elizabeth Warren Wants to Give Students a Fighting Chance

Forty percent of households headed by someone under the age of thirty-five are saddled with student debt, unable to buy homes, raise families and secure their futures.  

Apr 23, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Your Government Owes You a Job

Your Government Owes You a Job Your Government Owes You a Job

The federal government can easily afford a job guarantee program, becoming our employer of last resort.

Apr 23, 2014 / Raúl Carrillo

Elizabeth Warren May Not Be Ready to Run for President, but Her Book Is

Elizabeth Warren May Not Be Ready to Run for President, but Her Book Is Elizabeth Warren May Not Be Ready to Run for President, but Her Book Is

A Fighting Chance is a poignant, populist book that frames a direction for Democrats.

Apr 23, 2014 / John Nichols

The New Abolitionism

The New Abolitionism The New Abolitionism

Averting planetary disaster will mean forcing fossil fuel companies to give up at least $10 trillion in wealth.

Apr 22, 2014 / Feature / Chris Hayes

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