Economy

Katrina vanden Heuvel: People Are in Motion for Change Katrina vanden Heuvel: People Are in Motion for Change

Katrina's first book, The Change I Believe In: Fighting for Progress in the Age of Obama, examines the systemic dysfunction that plagues American politics.

Oct 31, 2011 / Press Room

Thinking Big on Poverty Thinking Big on Poverty

We should be a country that does big things—like cut poverty in half in the next decade.

Oct 31, 2011 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Paul Ryan Can’t Hear the Catholic Church’s Call for Economic Justice Paul Ryan Can’t Hear the Catholic Church’s Call for Economic Justice

The church has proposed a financial transaction tax in order to steer the economy “towards achieving the common good.” Is that class warfare?

Oct 30, 2011 / John Nichols

Nation Conversations: Roane Carey and William Greider on the Housing Crisis’s ‘Death Spiral’

Nation Conversations: Roane Carey and William Greider on the Housing Crisis’s ‘Death Spiral’ Nation Conversations: Roane Carey and William Greider on the Housing Crisis’s ‘Death Spiral’

The only way out of our national mortgage crisis is through widespread debt forgiveness.

Oct 28, 2011 / The Nation

This Week: Ideas From the 99 Percent. PLUS: Ending Corporate Personhood This Week: Ideas From the 99 Percent. PLUS: Ending Corporate Personhood

 This week, a special forum on "Ideas from the 99 Percent." The We the People Campaign kicks into gear, plus an exclusive look at the "wildest" school boar...

Oct 28, 2011 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Katrina vanden Heuvel to Obama: ‘Let’s Fight for the People’ Katrina vanden Heuvel to Obama: ‘Let’s Fight for the People’

Katrina vanden Heuvel accuses Paul Ryan of pandering to Washington's "austerity class"—and argues that the President needs to stand with the majority of Americ...

Oct 28, 2011 / Press Room

Nation Conversations: Roane Carey and Ari Berman on the Rise of the Austerity Class

Nation Conversations: Roane Carey and Ari Berman on the Rise of the Austerity Class Nation Conversations: Roane Carey and Ari Berman on the Rise of the Austerity Class

Why do austerity measures remain so popular within the beltway while the overwhelming evidence in the rest of the country points to the fact that such measures increase unemploymen...

Oct 28, 2011 / The Nation

Why the Supercommittee Should Go Small Why the Supercommittee Should Go Small

Groups urging Congress to achieve $4 trillion in deficit reduction are totally divorced from political and economic reality.

Oct 28, 2011 / Ari Berman

How the Wounding of a Vet Who Dared to Dissent Stirred a New Wave of Dissent How the Wounding of a Vet Who Dared to Dissent Stirred a New Wave of Dissent

The violence in Oakland has provoked a global outcry, as activists ask how a Marine can survive Iraq only to be seriously injured while peacefully protesting on the streets of an A...

Oct 27, 2011 / John Nichols

Debt Forgiveness, Euro-Style Debt Forgiveness, Euro-Style

The big nations of the EU worked out a deal to resolve their financial crisis that does what US politicians lack the nerve to pursue. The Europeans are whacking the bankers big-...

Oct 27, 2011 / William Greider

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