economy

With an inhospitable job market awaiting them, it seems clearer every day that this cohort of young adults has little chance of doing better than we did.read more

Economists are cheerfully bandying around the most moronic oxymoron I’ve ever heard: “jobless recovery.”read more

Just because BP seems to have stopped the oil spill does not mean we should go back to business as usual in the Gulf.read more

Feingold's constituents--progressives and conservatives alike--consider him honest and forthright. He won't likely pay a political price for taking this latest maverick stand.read more

Congress should not have gone on recess without extending unemployment benefits. Not only should those benefits be extended; they also should be increased.read more

The first step toward dismantling systemic poverty is to stop ignoring it.read more

“The public has this growing sense of dis-ease," Leonard says. "People know things are wrong."read more

The dictatorship of the International Monetary Fund must come to an end.read more

First, Wall Street investment houses peddle their shady wares to a nation, and when things go bust, speculators batter it to a pulp.read more

The shiftiness of the young suits may not have any legal consequences. But the great Goldman Sachs is getting a great big black eye.read more

The main problem with the plan is it is again driven by incentives; it does not mandate that the banks do anything. They don’t have to rework a single loan; it is all voluntary.read more

Given the colossal damage the big banks have wreaked, and the systemic flaws this scandal has exposed, Congress is not responding with the requisite vigor.read more

It’s no mystery that work in America just isn’t working — not for the millions of unemployed men and women, or for those stuck working longer hours at lower pay.read more