Economy

A Future in Which Greed is Not a Virtue and Sharing is Not a Sin A Future in Which Greed is Not a Virtue and Sharing is Not a Sin

COLLEGE FINALIST: My generation must take on the task of building strong community economies and reestablishing collective wealth for all people. 

Dec 2, 2011 / Matthew Hickson

Unemployment Dips, but That Hardly Makes Up for a Lost Year

Unemployment Dips, but That Hardly Makes Up for a Lost Year Unemployment Dips, but That Hardly Makes Up for a Lost Year

Unemployment dropped to 8.6 percent, while the economy added 120,000 new jobs. Is this good enough news?

Dec 2, 2011 / Mike Konczal

The Gingrich of Politics Past Mounts a Modern Scrooge-Marley Campaign The Gingrich of Politics Past Mounts a Modern Scrooge-Marley Campaign

Suggesting that poor kids are only good at crime, GOP front-runner renews campaign to end child labor laws and make low-income children “clean the bathrooms.”

Dec 2, 2011 / John Nichols

America Isn’t Broke America Isn’t Broke

The Supercommittee is dead. Here’s what should come next.

Dec 1, 2011 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

You Can Arrest an Idea You Can Arrest an Idea

Count the liberal mayor of Los Angeles as one of those apologists for suppressing truth in the name of civic order.

Dec 1, 2011 / Robert Scheer

NLRB’s Republican Member Backs Off Resignation Threat NLRB’s Republican Member Backs Off Resignation Threat

Despite earlier threats, a Republican on the National Labor Relations Board didn’t prevent passage of a key pro-worker rule.

Nov 30, 2011 / George Zornick

Bob Herbert: Rebuilding America’s Economy

Bob Herbert: Rebuilding America’s Economy Bob Herbert: Rebuilding America’s Economy

The development of a fair and sustainable economy, Bob Herbert argues, will require a national conversation—not to mention a considerable amount of government involvement.

Nov 30, 2011 / Francis Reynolds and Emily Douglas

The Nastiness of Newt

The Nastiness of Newt The Nastiness of Newt

Gingrich, the champion of child labor, has risen to the top of a GOP field so extreme it would scare Goldwater and Reagan.

Nov 30, 2011 / The Editors

The Eurozone Meltdown The Eurozone Meltdown

The sooner Eurocrats dispense with their calls for more economic centralization, the better off we’ll all be.

Nov 30, 2011 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

Unions Beat GOP Candidates as New Hampshire Blocks Anti-Labor Law Unions Beat GOP Candidates as New Hampshire Blocks Anti-Labor Law

Even as Republican presidential contenders stake out extreme anti-labor positions in New Hampshire, unions in that state have succeeded in blocking an anti-union “Right-to-Wo...

Nov 30, 2011 / John Nichols

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