Economics

Katrina vanden Heuvel: Bernie Sanders is Right about Obama’s Tax Cut Deal Part 2 Katrina vanden Heuvel: Bernie Sanders is Right about Obama’s Tax Cut Deal Part 2

On The Big Picture with Thom Hartmann, Katrina vanden Heuvel commends Bernie Sanders for standing up for the marginalized voices in the tax debate.

Dec 13, 2010 / The Big Picture with Thom Hartmann

Attacks On Government Workers in Tax Deal Attacks On Government Workers in Tax Deal

Republican activist Grover Norquist once famously declared that he'd like to shrink the federal government to the point where he could drown it in a bathtub—but a little-noti...

Dec 10, 2010 / Laura Flanders

Tax Cuts Forever?

Tax Cuts Forever? Tax Cuts Forever?

Republicans have spent their postelection victory lap fearmongering over the deficit. But now they've insisted all Bush tax cuts be extended, at great price to the national debt.

Dec 9, 2010 / Chris Hayes

Decriminalizing Poverty Decriminalizing Poverty

America doesn't have a drug problem. It has a poverty problem.

Dec 9, 2010 / Feature / Bruce Western

Obama’s Drug War

Obama’s Drug War Obama’s Drug War

The administration is promoting failed law enforcement programs as economic stimulus.

Dec 9, 2010 / Feature / Michelle Alexander

Take the Back Seat: On Chinese Consumerism

Take the Back Seat: On Chinese Consumerism Take the Back Seat: On Chinese Consumerism

Can the world sustain a country the size of China with an appetite for the good things in life on par with America's?

Dec 9, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Richard McGregor

Pelosi Has a Mandate to Demand ‘A Better Deal for the American People’ Pelosi Has a Mandate to Demand ‘A Better Deal for the American People’

The Democratic Caucus has rejected the agreement between White House and Republicans.

Dec 9, 2010 / John Nichols

The Big Float’s a Big Scam The Big Float’s a Big Scam

WikiLeaks may be the biggest information explosion this week, but Wednesday's mammoth release of documents pertaining to the Fed's bank bailout program could well spark the most ou...

Dec 2, 2010 / Laura Flanders

Motel-land

Motel-land Motel-land

For Americans teetering on the edge of poverty, in other rooms there are other trials.

Dec 2, 2010 / JoAnn Wypijewski

Fed’s ‘Backdoor Bailout’ Provided $3.3 Trillion in Loans to Banks, Corporations Fed’s ‘Backdoor Bailout’ Provided $3.3 Trillion in Loans to Banks, Corporations

Audit reveals the scope of "emergency" loans. Bernie Sanders wants to know if  "secret Fed loans turned out to be direct corporate welfare to big banks." I...

Dec 2, 2010 / John Nichols

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