Economy

Change Immigrants and Labor Can Believe In Change Immigrants and Labor Can Believe In

The Obama administration should embrace progressive tactics to protect human and workplace rights.

Nov 26, 2008 / Feature / David Bacon

State Banks Could Solve Financial Crisis State Banks Could Solve Financial Crisis

Forget big bailouts. The fed should finance non-profit state banks like the Bank of North Dakota--no profit means no reason for bankers to misbehave--to get real money to real peop...

Nov 26, 2008 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman

Return of the Wall Street Hustlers Return of the Wall Street Hustlers

Obama, who promised change, has put the same old Wall Street hustlers on his economic team. Maybe he could send us an e-mail to explain.

Nov 26, 2008 / Column / Robert Scheer

Hands Off the UAW Hands Off the UAW

If he keeps his promises to autoworkers, Obama has the chance to renew the ability of organzed labor to improve the lot of union and non-union workers in the twenty-first century.

Nov 25, 2008 / John Nichols

Bonfire of the Vanities Bonfire of the Vanities

Timothy Geithner is responsible for much of the generous deal-making now underway with Wall Street. If Obama's not careful, he will be blamed.

Nov 25, 2008 / William Greider

Stimulus Now Stimulus Now

On Day One, Congress must present Obama with a bold stimulus plan focused on putting people to work, rebuilding infrastructure and expanding the productive capacity of the economy.

Nov 25, 2008 / The Editors

Spreading the Wealth: Knowledge as Social Inheritance Spreading the Wealth: Knowledge as Social Inheritance

Amid the ruins of a new gilded age, the devalued and depressed American people are ready to demand more.

Nov 25, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Mark Engler

The House Folds: The Housing Market and Irrational Exuberance The House Folds: The Housing Market and Irrational Exuberance

Without a commitment to affordable housing for all, the ownership society remains a myth for many Americans.

Nov 25, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Max Fraser

How to Save Motor City How to Save Motor City

Letting Detroit fail: catastrophic. Transforming it into a lean green machine-maker: visionary.

Nov 25, 2008 / Feature / Marissa Colón-Margolies

Past and Future Past and Future

Obama's too smart to allow the ideas of the past to define his presidency. Yet Timothy Geithner is an architect and enabler of the unfolding crisis.

Nov 24, 2008 / William Greider

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