Nation Topics - Ethical Economics | The Nation

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

A powerful, bipartisan coalition of deficit hawks has manufactured a center-right consensus that dominates the Beltway.

The vast inheritance we all share—our precious common resources—is being stolen. A movement seeks to take it back.

Obama must stop searching for common ground—and start defining higher ground.

The Nation's Ari Melber on MSNBC's The Last Word describes how Barack Obama might have made the debt ceiling and eventual debt deal more of a compromise and less of a concession. 

Obama's gutless decision to abandon Warren comes after the president populated his administration with the very people who created the financial meltdown.

True economic recovery will require creative solutions to deeply rooted problems. Our first great task is to change the way we talk about what's possible.

A growing number of states are introducing laws that permit companies to pursue social missions without fear of shareholder litigation.

The best way to ensure corporate accountability is to save a seat on every board for an independent watchdog.

Employee ownership plans carve a path toward what could be called responsible capitalism.