Half-a-Loaf Stimulus Half-a-Loaf Stimulus
Good news in the stimulus package: low and middle income Americans receive cash to rev a slowing economy. Bad news: tax breaks for businesses won't help much at all.
Feb 13, 2008 / Feature / Nancy Cleeland
The Ron Paul Economy The Ron Paul Economy
OK, three-quarters of what he says is wacky. But his view of the Fed's contribution to rampant inflation is right on the money.
Jan 31, 2008 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
Disowned by the Ownership Society Disowned by the Ownership Society
Bush turns out to be the undertaker of the free market's false promises to ordinary Americans.
Jan 31, 2008 / Column / Naomi Klein
Desperately Seeking Stimulus Desperately Seeking Stimulus
An economy addicted to growth, bubbles, downsizing and lending sprees--has become disconnected from the real economy of ordinary human needs.
Jan 22, 2008 / Editorial / Barbara Ehrenreich
Our Eroding Dollar Our Eroding Dollar
No matter how much it adds to inflation, the Fed, prodded by Wall Street, is poised to again lower interest rates--punching an even bigger hole in our purchasing power.
Jan 18, 2008 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
Recession–Who Cares? Recession–Who Cares?
Politicians and economists find it hard to admit that we have two economies--one for the rich and one for everyone else--and the latter has been in a recession, if not a depression...
Jan 9, 2008 / Editorial / Barbara Ehrenreich
Deal Breakers Deal Breakers
Two new books seek to galvanize progressives at a key political moment: Paul Krugman's The Conscience of a Liberal and Jonathan Chait's The Big Con.
Nov 21, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Kim Phillips-Fein
Crisis as Opportunity Crisis as Opportunity
The softening economy, foreclosures, bank write-offs, the swooning dollar and stock market are intruding on the politics of 2008. Do the candidates have a clue?
Nov 15, 2007 / Editorial / The Editors
Give Us This Day Our Daily Debt Give Us This Day Our Daily Debt
As the superrich get richer, the rest of us sink deeper into debt. But when American consumers can no longer consume, our whole system falls apart.
Oct 30, 2007 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
The New China Hands The New China Hands
Corporate America spends millions lobbying to win permanent most favored nation (MFN) trade status for China, with its vast market and dirt-cheap labor force.
Oct 23, 2007 / Feature / Ken Silverstein