economy

These Occupy protests really have come to embody the 99 percent for whom they speak. This group is us. It looks like America, while the wealthy and powerful 1 percent doesn’t.read more

The housing crisis has been raging since 2007, but the efforts to address the problem have simply dragged the crisis out longer and longer.read more

“In the latest New York Times/CBS Poll, 66 percent of the American public feels that “the money and wealth in this country should be more evenly distributed.”read more

It seems transparently ridiculous to call his efforts a grassroots, citizens' uprising against the "privileged class."read more

“We need to relocalize the economy. That changes the dynamics of who controls things.”read more

They’ve got the right target, that’s for sure. And their protest is a healthy sign that people are finally rising up.read more

Let’s fight as hard as we can for some semblance of economic justice.read more

It takes willful blindness to claim that people whose incomes are bolting into the stratosphere even as tax rates are at their lowest level in 60 years are victims.read more

He made the affirmative case for government action, but he gave too much ground on Medicare and Medicaid and free trade agreements.read more

There is a clear road map to follow to get us out of the economic mess—if governments have enough guts to do so.read more

On Labor Day, and in campaign speeches, he is an advocate for the right to bargain. But when he gets to the table, he gives away the store.read more