The Housing Bubble Pops The Housing Bubble Pops
To solve the subprime mortgage crisis, start with aid for vulnerable homeowners, smarter economic policies and a more competent Federal Reserve Board.
Sep 13, 2007 / Editorial / Dean Baker
The Fed Won’t Help the Working Class The Fed Won’t Help the Working Class
By pumping more money into the economy to bail out hedge funds and subprime lenders, the Federal Reserve will only worsen inflation's bite into average Americans' paychecks.
Aug 31, 2007 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
Hip Heterodoxy Hip Heterodoxy
A group of economists is challenging the most basic assumptions of neoclassical economic theory, and their influence is growing.
May 24, 2007 / Feature / Chris Hayes
The Flaws in Rubinomics The Flaws in Rubinomics
Economic policy centered on a balanced budget will destroy what's left of FDR's New Deal.
May 3, 2007 / Feature / Thomas Palley
The Establishment Rethinks Globalization The Establishment Rethinks Globalization
An unlikely dissident has proposed a new way to understand, and reform, the world economy.
Apr 19, 2007 / Feature / William Greider
Credit Card Tricks Credit Card Tricks
Banks no longer lend money to people able to pay them back. Now they trap the poor, the sick, students and elderly people into signing up for credit cards and watch the fees pile u...
Mar 16, 2007 / Feature / Nicholas von Hoffman
What Kind of Economy? What Kind of Economy?
Progressives need to create an economic agenda that encompasses the environment and social justice.
Feb 21, 2007 / Feature / James K. Galbraith
A Globalization Offensive A Globalization Offensive
In 2007 Congress may get real on the fallacies and contradictions of global trade.
Jan 11, 2007 / Editorial / William Greider
The ‘Seattle Senators’ The ‘Seattle Senators’
Newly elected advocates of fair trade in the House and Senate could reverse the free-trade absolutism of the Clinton and Bush years.
Dec 4, 2006 / Editorial / John Nichols
Friedman’s Cruel Legacy Friedman’s Cruel Legacy
Milton Friedman's free-market faith produced a bastardized system of interest-group politics that favors sectors of citizens at the expense of many others.
Nov 22, 2006 / Editorial / William Greider