Nation Topics - Economy | The Nation

So long as austerity-mongers have their way, "democracy" is just a buzzword.

Surveys demonstrate remarkably progressive attitudes on everything from taxation to regulation to the environment.

We need a Chamber of Progress, made up of all the green and progressive businesses, to fight the predator state that subsidizes large corporations.

In the short stories of Tenth of December, the impression of chaos belies a careful design.

JPMorgan Chase gamed the system to hide risky trades. Will Congress let them go free?

The Democratic senator is introducing legislation to break them up, but he’s in an uphill battle—against not only the GOP but his own party.

How do Greece’s economists and writers explain its social predicament?

Day laborers who clean for ultra-Orthodox Jewish households are learning about their rights.

The annual hoops hysteria known as March Madness generates a tidal wave of revenue—but the players don’t receive a dime of it.

The tax savings of 19 US companies that park their money abroad would be more than enough to cover the $85 billion sequester cuts.