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Shopping Till We Drop (Economic Policy, Economy)

During the past two decades, as random financial crises visited various fast-growing economies, we have become familiar, after the fact, with the profile of a developing country that's headed for

William Greider
Greenspan and Gravity (Political Figures, Economic Policy)

The giddy adoration of Alan Greenspan has come to resemble the stock market bubble itself and, when one phenomenon comes to its end, so will the other.

William Greider
Sanctions as Siege Warfare (Economic Policy, Sanctions)

The continuing American bombing of Iraq has drawn attention away from the international debate over economic sanctions against Baghdad and their toll on the Iraqi people.

Joy Gordon
People's Sellout (Economic Policy, Regions and Countries)

Wall Street did not simply drag Europe's exchanges down in its fall.

Daniel Singer

Blogs

Sequestration 101: If a Budget Cut Doesn't Impact the Wealthy, Congress Won't Fix It
Bryce Covert

The poor have long known that a budget cut passed in Congress means hardship in real life. Now middle-class Americans realize that, too.

April 28, 2013
Obama: Mortgaging the Living to Save the Wealth of the Dead
William Greider

Obama’s “chained CPI” saves only half of what the estate tax exemption loses. Do dead millionaires really matter more than Social Security?

April 25, 2013
Searching for the Praetorian Guard at the George W. Bush Museum
John Nichols

Cheney and Rove are “essentially invisible” at Bush’s museum. But they sure weren’t during his presidency.

April 25, 2013
This Is What Happens When You Rip a Hole in the Safety Net
Bryce Covert

If you destroy one part of the social safety net, those in need will turn to what’s left.

March 28, 2013
This Week: A Tale of Two Budgets
Katrina vanden Heuvel

The Ryan budget proposal’s devastating implications and the clear, humane alternative proposed by the CPC.

March 16, 2013
This Week: A Tale of Two Budgets
Katrina vanden Heuvel

At look at the Ryan budget proposal's devastating implications and the clear, humane alternative proposed by the CPC.

March 16, 2013
What Paul Ryan’s Budget Means for Women
Bryce Covert

Short version: a huge reduction in many of the programs they rely on.

March 12, 2013
This Week: Stumbling Toward Sequestration
Katrina vanden Heuvel

The $85 billion sequester will hurt our economy—and our people.

March 2, 2013
To Beat Austerity, Obama Must Campaign for Democracy
John Nichols

How committed is the president to kicking big money out of politics?

February 25, 2013
Twenty Years After the FMLA, Our Family Leave Policies Are Dragging Us Down
Bryce Covert

The rest of the developed world has left us in the dust since we enacted the Family and Medical Leave Act in 1993.

February 5, 2013