Tag: economy

How the 40-Year “Long Recession” led to the Great Recession.

Obama should focus on the predominant concerns of most Americans—joblessness, economic insecurity, and the fall of real wages.

Without more customers—public or private—employers can’t hire.

Profits are high, wages are low, and the imbalance can’t last.

A look at the government’s response as the foreclosure crisis enters its seventh year.

With control of the Senate at stake, liberals hit the streets and bought ads for a libertarian candidate who likely siphoned crucial votes away from the Republican challenger.

The demanding gifts of 2012.

How U.S. taxpayers are paying the Pentagon to occupy the planet.

Yes, unemployment is down, but don’t believe all the hype coming out of Wall Street.

Democrats, here are eight principles to guide you in the coming showdown over the fiscal cliff.

Low-income workers will face even harder times if deficit hawks have their way.

Focusing on the federal deficit only distracts from creating growing economy.

For those newly in office, the easiest route is that of least resistance.

The election hasn’t put an end to the wrangling over taxes and spending in Washington.

With the fiscal cliff approaching, it’s time for Obama to make some big decisions. Here’s what he should do.

The so-called fiscal cliff might not turn out as dramatic as we imagine.

Young people are making a difference in the cities they call home.

Forecasts of oil abundance collide with planetary realities.

A guide to the presidential debates you won’t be hearing.

Can the free market exist without the government’s imposition?

Forget Mitt Romney, can the president make it to November 7?

The election’s not over yet, and rumors of Romney’s demise are premature.

A vision of citizenship expressed in Obama’s convention speech might signal a new direction for his administration–and the country.

What Mitt Romney’s 47-percent comment means.

Unemployment, immigration, women’s rights—the list of Romney-Ryan’s failings goes on and on.

After warning the U.S. about the deficit, rating agencies are now concerned that “fiscal cliff” cuts will be too steep.

Obama’s speech was missing the one thing it needed most: an economic plan.

With penalties laughably low, what should we expect but continued criminal activity on the part of corporations?

Every campaign is guilty of exaggerations, but Romney’s lies are another thing altogether.

Cornel West considers the possibility that the Occupy Movement might fundamentally reshape American democracy.

Introducing the so-called bold, marvelous, and much-needed Ryan-Romney economic plan.

Romney’s alleged 13% tax rate violates the core principles of tax fairness and equal sacrifice.

Received wisdom aside, good customer service is easier to come by at government agencies than many private businesses.

Is Ramallah’s economic boom a sign of progress or surrender?

The rush to mine Canada’s bitumen deposits has created modern-day boomtowns. This summer one of them lost its oldest bar.

China’s voracious appetite for resources isn’t something to be feared—it should be emulated.

Facing the worst economy in at least a generation, both presidential candidates are hamstrung by the machines that would elect them

Sanford Weill brought about banks that were too big to fail, but now he’s changed his tune.

Outsourcing isn’t our problem, it’s that the needs of American businesses are disconnected from the needs of Americans.

When confronted with homelessness, it’s much too easy to look the other way.

How the deficit obsession has been distracting us from our country’s most pressing issues.

There’s the media portraying President Obama’s tax proposal, and then there’s the real thing.

Just when you thought things couldn’t get worse, here’s the insider-trading Libor scandal.

Washington feels under siege. Who’s outside the walls?

Europe’s economic woes seem endless, but there is a way forward.

The problem isn’t taxes or Wall Street. It’s that we just don’t have enough money.

Why is it that many business leaders refuse to take an interest in the future of the planet?

Competition between the public and private sectors is rigged—and in not the way you might think.

President Clinton’s recent comments on the Bush tax cuts have set off another fight over taxes and spending.

The U.S. Postal Service is scaling back in the face of a massive budget deficit. Did it bring this on itself, or is someone else to blame?

Accusations of class warfare have been flying. Who is waging it against whom?

What’s behind the lackluster new jobs report?

We may be about to enter the worse of both worlds.

The Romney campaign is getting very close to Donald Trump, but why?

President Obama could differentiate himself in an election year by coming out strong against the excesses of Wall Street.

The government spends a great deal of money on programs and services for the benefit of the poor. So why is it also, in tandem with corporations, robbing them blind?

J.P. Morgan’s mounting losses and poor monitoring reveal the ongoing fragility of the U.S. banking system.

What America needs isn’t socialism, but a revitalized, more equitable brand of capitalism.

It’s a bad idea to enact cuts in government spending right when consumers can’t spend more.

Austerity economics is wreaking havoc on world economies, despite gains on Wall Street.

The danger here for the United States is clear, but there’s also a clear lesson.

Why the international search for the new head of the World Bank was a charade.

Our economy’s death cycle has a very famous historical parallel: the lead-up to the French revolution.

Robert Reich on why being a class worrier is nothing to be ashamed of.

Robert Reich on how economic fairness encourages growth, not stifles it.

Robert Reich on three reasons why Obama’s plan to reduce income equality will not do enough.

A lesson in Republican math.

The former Secretary of Labor on the Great Recession, class warfare, and why President Obama must challenge right-wing distortions with a counter-narrative.

Columbia professor Moshe Adler on why Main Street needs to take economics back from Wall Street.