Austerity opposition goes mainstream
Bad data, dodgy assumptions and a basic inability to use Microsoft Excel may have doomed the economic movement
Saturday, Apr 27, 2013 3:00 PM UTC 12Politics Jacobin, Economics, Austerity
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Whoops! Turns out debt doesn’t ruin economies
A paper justifying international austerity measures had a couple of mistakes that totally undermine its argument
Wednesday, Apr 17, 2013 11:45 AM UTC 73Media Opening Shot, Debt, Austerity
Liberals should fear Chris Christie
The GOP all-star is far from a moderate -- he's a social progressive's worst nightmare
Tuesday, Apr 9, 2013 5:23 PM UTC 16Politics AlterNet, Scott Walker
Can the Great Depression help solve our unemployment crisis?
Government programs like the Works Progress Administration offer a blueprint to fix our fractured economy
Tuesday, Apr 9, 2013 4:37 PM UTCPolitics Next New Deal, Economics
Reagan aide disqualifies himself from the conversation
Former budget director David Stockman makes outlandish calls for a divorce from the market and the state
Thursday, Apr 4, 2013 5:08 PM UTC 25Politics The Century Foundation
When neoliberalism exploded
Historian Daniel Steadman Jones traces the origins of the right's fascination with privatization and deregulation
Saturday, Mar 9, 2013 2:00 PM UTC 54Entertainment LA Review of Books, Books, essay
The politician vs. the economist
When Morning Joe debated a Nobel Prize winner, the economist was unprepared for the politician's aggressive style
Tuesday, Mar 5, 2013 1:00 PM UTC 65Politics Paul Krugman, Joe Scarborough
Living in a “post-work” society
The vision of a "post-work" world involves more part-time jobs and shorter hours. Sounds good? Not to conservatives
Tuesday, Feb 26, 2013 4:31 PM UTC 13Politics Jacobin, Economics, Labor
Southern poverty pimps
The “original sin” of the Southern political class is cheap, powerless labor
Tuesday, Feb 19, 2013 7:59 PM UTC 122Politics The South, Economics, Poverty
Why don’t people want to elect economists to run stuff?
Because everyone hates them
Monday, Feb 18, 2013 8:09 PM UTC 44Politics Politics, Economics, Science
Economists: A $9 minimum wage won’t hurt jobs
Boehner's argument is rebuffed by economists, who note that the small hike will not mean less employment
Thursday, Feb 14, 2013 6:23 PM UTCBusiness John Boehner, Barack Oba
Not all unemployment rates are created equal
Statistics show that when unemployment is up, minorities and the undereducated are hit especially hard
Friday, Feb 8, 2013 8:50 PM UTCBusiness Jared Bernstein, Economics
Must-see morning clip
Jon Stewart fires back at New York Times columnist Paul Krugman for calling him lazy VIDEO
Tuesday, Jan 15, 2013 3:47 PM UTC 33News Video, Must see morning clip
The brutal truth about how childhood determines your economic destiny
The British class system looks frighteningly rigid in "56 Up." But is America any better?
Sunday, Jan 13, 2013 5:00 PM UTC 18Entertainment AlterNet, 56 Up, Britain, Economics
Help us, Nate Silver!
It's what we do with statistics that matters: Just ask the math geeks whose fancy models tanked the global economy
Sunday, Jan 6, 2013 5:00 PM UTC 26News Books, Economics, Great Recession
IMF economists apologize for austerity forecasts
Economists admit that they failed to see how huge cuts would undermine growth in countries like Greece
Friday, Jan 4, 2013 9:13 PM UTC 16News IMF, Austerity, Fiscal cliff
“Thelma and Louise,” Waylon Jennings: The best fiscal cliff tweets
Journalists and commentators offer nuggets of humor and confusion as a deal is not nigh
Friday, Dec 28, 2012 4:17 PM UTCEntertainment Twitter, Fiscal cliff
Powerball’s dark side
Tonight's lottery is up to $500 million. Guess whose money is going into the pot?
Wednesday, Nov 28, 2012 3:12 PM UTC 15Business Jackpot, Powerball, Lottery
Moody’s strips France of AAA credit rating
French government says it is just a matter of time before economic reforms bear fruit VIDEO
Tuesday, Nov 20, 2012 3:51 PM UTCBusiness aol_on, Moody's
Study: Unhappiness hurts fiscal health
Are you sad because you're broke, or broke because you're sad?
Thursday, Nov 15, 2012 10:42 PM UTCLife Psychology, Science, Neuroscience
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