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Four Spending Myths That Could Wreck Our World (Ethical Economics, Economy, World)

This is how not to solve an American crisis.

Mattea Kramer
John Fullerton: Can Financial Reform Fight Climate Change? (Climate Change, Ethical Economics, Reimagining Capitalism)

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

Francis Reynolds
The Higher Bealism: The Moral Limits of Markets (Business, Economic Policy, Ethical Economics, Philosophy, Books and the Arts)

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

Chris Lehmann
Europe Rejects Austerity (Economic Policy, Ethical Economics, World)

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

Maria Margaronis
Supporters of the newly-elected French President Francois Hollande
Can the Euro Avert Collapse? (Economic Policy, Ethical Economics, World)

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

Andy Robinson
End Student Debt!
End Student Debt! (Education, Ethical Economics)

Total debt now exceeds $1 trillion. We should write off existing debt and make public college free.

The Editors
Hold Banks Accountable! (Banking Predatory Lending, Economic Policy, Ethical Economics)

In contrast to Obama’s go-easy approach, officials like Eric Schneiderman and Martha Coakley are insisting on vigorous prosecution of bankers.

The Editors
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Hands Off Our Pensions
Why Greater Equality Strengthens Society (Social Justice, Ethical Economics, The Left, World)

What US progressives can learn from British efforts to fight inequality.

Sam Pizzigati
Steve Jobs
The Agony and Ecstasy—and 'Disgrace'—of Steve Jobs (Ethical Economics, Media Analysis, Outsourcing and off shoring)

While our tech-obsessed media fondled their iPhones, it was left to a courageous monologist to discover the real legacy of Apple's founder.

Eric Alterman
Bank of America
The Costs of Wall Street Greed (Occupy Wall Street, Ethical Economics, Gap Between Wealth and Poverty)

The 99 percent have been footing the bill for too long. It’s time for the financial industry to pick up its own tab.

Sarah Anderson
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Blogs

Walmart Cuts Off 'Brief Courtship' With Warehouse Worker Group
Josh Eidelson

After an initial meeting, Walmart has told a union-backed warehouse workers group it decided to break it off.

January 17, 2013
Fixing the Economy, a New Focus for Congress
Katrina vanden Heuvel

A new year's resolution for Washington: make the economy work for working people. 

January 2, 2013
Progressives Organize Push for a Strong SEC Chair
George Zornick

A petition demanding Obama appoint someone who will hold Wall Street accountable has already gained a significant number of signatures. 

November 27, 2012
Austerity: A Violation of Human Rights?
Laura Flanders

What if the debate about the so-called "fiscal cliff" were framed in human rights terms?

November 20, 2012
A Real Foreign Policy Debate Should Talk Trade and Human Rights
John Nichols

Trade policy is about economics. But it’s also about human rights—and whether countries that claim to support freedom and fairness really do.

October 22, 2012
Cause For Hope: Robin Hood Tax Advances in Europe
Katrina vanden Heuvel

The EU's financial transaction tax should be a model for similar common sense reforms in the United States. 

October 15, 2012
Predistribution: A Big, New Idea
Katrina vanden Heuvel

As the income gap widens, British Labour leaders say a “tax and spend” approach isn't enough. 

September 17, 2012
Will Britain's Libor Scandal Finally Force Real Bank Reform in the US?
John Nichols

The head of the Bank of England now says bankers’ lies about interest rates “meet my definition of fraud.” Will US officials finally crack down?

July 17, 2012
How Do Attacks on Bain Go Over With Wealthy Democrats?
Christopher Hayes

With a pitch-perfect emblem of guilded-age greed as his opponent, and private equity in the spotlight, why isn't Obama much farther ahead in the polls?

July 16, 2012
Workers vs. Investors: Chicago Window Factory in Danger of Liquidation
Laura Flanders

The workers at Republic Windows and Doors have formed a co-op, New Era Windows, and made a bid to buy the plant. The factory’s current owners seem intent on selling off its parts instead.

July 4, 2012