Economics

Will the Fed chair finally crack down on Wall Street?

If appointed, US Central Bank Vice Chairwoman Janet Yellen is likely to be a tougher regulator than Bernanke

Alison Fitzgerald, The Center for Public Integrity Friday, Jun 28, 2013 4:51 PM UTC
Business Business and Finance

Fewer Americans are seeking unemployment benefits

The Commerce Department reports consumer spending is also on the rise, indicating modest economic growth

Faine Greenwood, GlobalPost Thursday, Jun 27, 2013 6:22 PM UTC
Business GlobalPost, Commerce Department

Don’t give up on the jobs crisis yet!

Congress pivoted too soon from unemployment to the budget deficit. Is the Fed making the same mistake?

Jared Bernstein, On the Economy Sunday, Jun 23, 2013 12:00 PM UTC
Business On the Economy, Economics

“The Unwinding”: What’s gone wrong with America

A deeply-reported exploration of the past 35 years of American life gauges the human cost of "freedom"

Laura Miller Sunday, May 19, 2013 10:00 PM UTC 39
Entertainment What to Read, Books, Nonfiction

Kinsley loves austerity because it is “spinach”

The liberal pundit supports a worthless international initiative

Alex Pareene Friday, May 17, 2013 12:59 PM UTC 76
Media Opening Shot, Michael Kinsley

Study: Muscle men more politically conservative

Researchers in Denmark report a relationship between bicep size and support for progressive economic policies VIDEO

Katie Mcdonough Thursday, May 16, 2013 3:32 PM UTC 13
Social Video, Science, Wealth, rich people

World debt is 313 percent of global GDP

Emerging markets are gathering debt to drive development, but debt per capita in developed economies still dwarfs

Natasha Lennard Monday, May 13, 2013 2:42 PM UTC
Business Debt, GDP, capital, ING, economy

Harvard professor issues “an unqualified apology” for anti-gay comments

Niall Ferguson ignited a controversy when he suggested Keynes' philosophy was flawed due to his being gay

Prachi Gupta Sunday, May 5, 2013 5:09 PM UTC 56
Media Harvard, gay bashing, Homophobia

Austerity opposition goes mainstream

Bad data, dodgy assumptions and a basic inability to use Microsoft Excel may have doomed the economic movement

Alex Gourevitch, Jacobin Saturday, Apr 27, 2013 3:00 PM UTC 12
Politics Jacobin, Economics, Austerity

Whoops! Turns out debt doesn’t ruin economies

A paper justifying international austerity measures had a couple of mistakes that totally undermine its argument

Alex Pareene Wednesday, Apr 17, 2013 11:45 AM UTC 73
Media 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

Don Hazen, Alternet Tuesday, Apr 9, 2013 5:23 PM UTC 16
Politics 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

Richard Kirsch, Next New Deal Tuesday, Apr 9, 2013 4:37 PM UTC
Politics 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

Robert C. Hockett, The Century Foundation Thursday, Apr 4, 2013 5:08 PM UTC 25
Politics The Century Foundation

When neoliberalism exploded

Historian Daniel Steadman Jones traces the origins of the right's fascination with privatization and deregulation

Michael W. Clune, LA Review of Books Saturday, Mar 9, 2013 2:00 PM UTC 54
Entertainment 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

Alex Seitz-Wald Tuesday, Mar 5, 2013 1:00 PM UTC 65
Politics 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

Peter Frase, Jacobin Tuesday, Feb 26, 2013 4:31 PM UTC 13
Politics Jacobin, Economics, Labor

Southern poverty pimps

The “original sin” of the Southern political class is cheap, powerless labor

Michael Lind Tuesday, Feb 19, 2013 7:59 PM UTC 122
Politics The South, Economics, Poverty

Why don’t people want to elect economists to run stuff?

Because everyone hates them

Alex Pareene Monday, Feb 18, 2013 8:09 PM UTC 44
Politics 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

Natasha Lennard Thursday, Feb 14, 2013 6:23 PM UTC
Business 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

Jared Bernstein, Jared Bernstein Friday, Feb 8, 2013 8:50 PM UTC
Business Jared Bernstein, Economics

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