Economics

China’s economy will surpass US within 4 years

A leading think tank detailed the coming power shift away from the west VIDEO

Natasha Lennard Friday, Nov 9, 2012 1:33 PM UTC
News GDP, Think Tank

Two Americans win Nobel economics prize

Alvin Roth and Lloyd Shapley have worked extensively on fields of match-making

Associated Press Monday, Oct 15, 2012 12:34 PM UTC
News Economics, Harvard, Nobel Prize

Rise of the celebrity economist

Markets are as unstable as during any point in American history -- and a select few have found a way to capitalize

Gillian Terzis, The New Inquiry Sunday, Oct 7, 2012 1:00 PM UTC 11
Elections Financial Crisis

Robots are coming (for your job)

Get ready: Automation could wipe out whole categories of employment, and not even 1 percenters are safe

Michael Lind Wednesday, Sep 26, 2012 11:00 AM UTC
Politics Economics, The 1%, technology, Jobs

Who will save the eurozone?

Understanding the crisis and why foreign debts matter, with a little help from German philosopher Jürgen Habermas

Bruce Robbins, LA Review of Books Thursday, Sep 20, 2012 10:13 PM UTC
Politics Economics, Philosophy, Debt

Obama’s a supply-sider, too

How Democrats came to believe in Republican economic dogma

Michael Lind Tuesday, Sep 11, 2012 7:34 PM UTC 12
Politics Economics

China’s not-so-secret plan for world domination

Economist Peter Navarro’s provocative documentary “Death by China” may be frightened of the wrong villain

Andrew O'Hehir Wednesday, Aug 22, 2012 12:00 AM UTC 64
Entertainment China, Death by China

“The Graves Are Walking”: Was the Great Potato Famine a genocide?

A new book argues that free-market ideology, not murderous intent, killed Ireland's millions

Laura Miller Sunday, Aug 19, 2012 10:00 PM UTC 103
Entertainment What to Read, Books, History

Thank you, Milton Friedman

How conservatives' economic hero helped make the case for big government

Michael Lind Tuesday, Aug 7, 2012 8:20 PM UTC
Politics Economics, Welfare

Polish economy booms

Romney is in Poland, where the euro zone and financial crises have barely made a dent. That may be about to change

Sumi Somaskanda, GlobalPost Monday, Jul 30, 2012 1:47 PM UTC
Politics GlobalPost, Europe, Mitt Romney

Blame the Republicans!

A new book is an incredibly useful primer on our budget crisis, except when it comes to assigning blame for it

Andrew Leonard Friday, Jul 27, 2012 11:45 AM UTC 42
Politics Economics, Budget Showdown

Big banks keep ripping us off

The American media are downplaying a huge banking scandal that's rocking the UK.

Joshua Holland, Alternet Sunday, Jul 15, 2012 5:00 PM UTC 10
News AlterNet, Economics, U.S. Economy

Hard Libor

The Libor may be one of the most important financial market statistics you’ve never heard of

Jared Bernstein, On the Economy Tuesday, Jul 3, 2012 2:05 PM UTC
Politics U.S. Economy, Housing, Finance

Merkel: no quick solution to crisis

The German Chancellor argued that the proposals to pool European debt won't solve the region's economic problems

Geir Moulson, Associated Press Wednesday, Jun 27, 2012 12:15 PM UTC
News From the Wires

Possible outcomes in pending health care law case

More than 50 million people might benefit or premiums might jump, depending on the Supreme Court's decision

Mark Sherman, Associated Press Wednesday, Jun 27, 2012 8:15 AM UTC
Politics From the Wires

Huevos de austeridad

Amid economic crisis, Spaniards make run on (sperm and egg) banks to pay rent

Meritxell Mir, GlobalPost Tuesday, Jun 26, 2012 2:27 PM UTC
Life GlobalPost

Myths explain Greece

Ancient allegories shed light on current crisis

Christopher Torchia, AP Monday, Jun 25, 2012 3:15 PM UTC
Life Greece, Europe, Economics

Class decides everything

Income increasingly dictates every aspect of our lives, from our politics to our health to our happiness

Richard Florida Sunday, Jun 24, 2012 4:00 PM UTC 54
Life Economics, Health

Phil Gramm: The success of failure

The legislative architect of the Great Recession lands a plum post at a conservative think tank

Jefferson Morley Thursday, Jun 7, 2012 1:53 PM UTC 10
Politics Economics

I get paid to do nothing

I call in to meetings, I hug my dogs, I surf Pinterest. Am I missing something?

Cary Tennis Friday, Mar 9, 2012 1:00 AM UTC 62
Life Since You Asked, Pinterest

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