Nation Topics - Economics | The Nation

The former JP Morgan director makes the case for "Robin Hood" taxes.

The Federal Reserve can grow employment tremendously, without the need for any legislation. 

This is not a “perfect storm” but the new normal in the American west.

When it comes to defending homeowners from the big banks, the California attorney general is on a roll.

This is how not to solve an American crisis.

Timothy Noah and Charles Murray offer starkly different explanations of growing economic and social inequality in the United States.

A former managing director at JP Morgan wants to see a complete re-imagining of the world of investments.

The Trans-Pacific Partnership, which would grant enormous new powers to corporations, is a massive assault on democracy.

Bain Capital is part of a system that enriches Wall Street while impoverishing millions.

In his Senate testimony, the JPMorgan CEO ludicrously defined any new trade to protect against “bad outcomes” as a hedge.