Why the Jobs Report Isn’t All Good Why the Jobs Report Isn’t All Good
One survey says job numbers are up, and another one says job numbers are down. Which one is correct?
May 2, 2014 / George Zornick
How Economic Regime Change Reshaped America How Economic Regime Change Reshaped America
The cumulative effects of years of deindustrialization, weakened unions and soaring inequality have fundamentally reordered the country.
May 1, 2014 / Peter Van Buren
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
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
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
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’
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
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
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
The federal government can easily afford a job guarantee program, becoming our employer of last resort.
Apr 23, 2014 / Raúl Carrillo