Economics

Calling Ron Paul! Calling Ron Paul! Fed Alert! Fed Alert! Calling Ron Paul! Calling Ron Paul! Fed Alert! Fed Alert!

Chris Dodd is way wrong to think that consumers could be protected by the Fed. It's as crazy as thinking chickens could be protected by foxes.

Mar 2, 2010 / John Nichols

No Banker Left Behind No Banker Left Behind

Banks do have a license to steal. There is no other way to read Tuesday's report from the New York state comptroller that bonuses for Wall Street financiers rose 17 percent to $20....

Feb 24, 2010 / Robert Scheer

Extend Unemployment Insurance Now Extend Unemployment Insurance Now

This week will be a critical one for millions of Americans surviving on unemployment insurance.

Feb 22, 2010 / Peter Rothberg

Glenn Beck Dodges Incoming Plane at CPAC Glenn Beck Dodges Incoming Plane at CPAC

As CPAC opened its annual convention last Thursday, the same day that computer engineer Joe Stack flew his Piper Cherokee into an IRS office in Austin setting it ablaze, the consen...

Feb 22, 2010 / Leslie Savan

Snipping at Immigrants’ Safety Net Snipping at Immigrants’ Safety Net

In search of a trifling 1.5 percent bite to take out of California's $20 billion budget gap, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has proposed a cruel and short-sighted cut in public assista...

Feb 22, 2010 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Ideas for Change in America Ideas for Change in America

As today's young adults struggle to balance the rising costs of a postsecondary education with countless other financial obligations, many public universities burdened with budget ...

Feb 19, 2010 / Peter Rothberg

Help Wanted Help Wanted

The moral case for federal action on unemployment is clear, but the political case is nearly as airtight.

Feb 18, 2010 / The Editors

18 Million Jobs by 2012 18 Million Jobs by 2012

The Obama administration's jobs proposals are on the right track, but the scope is nowhere near large enough for the crisis we face today.

Feb 18, 2010 / Feature / Robert Pollin

Human Interest In Bank Practices Human Interest In Bank Practices

How much senior executives earn, in cash and stock, is public information. How they make it is public too. Trouble is, the two are barely brought together in reporting.

Feb 17, 2010 / Laura Flanders

The New Deal in Reverse The New Deal in Reverse

How could Barack Obama have ended up, one year later, where Franklin Delano Roosevelt began?

Feb 12, 2010 / Feature / Steve Fraser

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