Nation Topics - Economics | The Nation

Two decades of economic growth in the US has been wiped out, but all is going swimmingly for the Fed's in-crowd.

Why are moral and political thinkers failing to engage with the true, dispiriting scale of market sovereignty?

How did we became a nation that fails to help its most needy citizens, and what can be done?

The real problem with JPMorgan’s risky bets is that the bank is gambling with our money.

Is the current financial crisis a problem of liquidity or one of solvency?

Hey, look it over—public ownership is the most effective way to fix America’s economy.

How government and corporations use the poor as piggy banks.

Ari Berman on Mitt Romney’s bogus job numbers.

The financial crunch has broken the illusion of stability, exposing a deeper crisis of representation.

As politicians dither, the threat of default spreads from Greece to Spain and Italy.