Economics

The Price: Sex, Death and Dhaka

The Price: Sex, Death and Dhaka The Price: Sex, Death and Dhaka

Someone somewhere must die for the pleasure someone somewhere else takes in a $4.95 bikini top.

May 8, 2013 / JoAnn Wypijewski

Nietzsche’s Marginal Children: On Friedrich Hayek

Nietzsche’s Marginal Children: On Friedrich Hayek Nietzsche’s Marginal Children: On Friedrich Hayek

How did the conservative ideas of Friedrich Hayek and the Austrian school become our economic reality? By turning the market into the realm of great politics and morals.

May 7, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Corey Robin

With Bangladesh Toll Over 700, ‘Which Brands Accept Blood on Their Labels?’

With Bangladesh Toll Over 700, ‘Which Brands Accept Blood on Their Labels?’ With Bangladesh Toll Over 700, ‘Which Brands Accept Blood on Their Labels?’

A senior member of Congress pushes retailers and brands to make “the moral choice” to address condition that produce predictable tragedy.

May 6, 2013 / John Nichols

This Week in Poverty: Florida Gives Workers a Smackdown

This Week in Poverty: Florida Gives Workers a Smackdown This Week in Poverty: Florida Gives Workers a Smackdown

The Florida state legislature takes action to bar local, pro-worker ordinances on living wages, paid sick leave and equal employee benefits.

May 3, 2013 / Greg Kaufmann

John Nichols: Time for the Austerity Hawks to Check Their Math

John Nichols: Time for the Austerity Hawks to Check Their Math John Nichols: Time for the Austerity Hawks to Check Their Math

Recent findings from Amherst College deal a major blow to austerity-friendly calculations—which the mathemeticians themselves acknowledge.

May 2, 2013 / Press Room

‘We Wanted to Let Them Know Who Is Making Their Clothes’: A Q&A With Kalpona Akter

‘We Wanted to Let Them Know Who Is Making Their Clothes’: A Q&A With Kalpona Akter ‘We Wanted to Let Them Know Who Is Making Their Clothes’: A Q&A With Kalpona Akter

The executive director of the Bangladesh Center for Worker Solidarity talks to Pramila Jayapal about how American consumers can pressure US corporations to protect workers abroad. ...

May 2, 2013 / Rep. Pramila Jayapal

How Wall Street Defanged Dodd-Frank

How Wall Street Defanged Dodd-Frank How Wall Street Defanged Dodd-Frank

Battalions of regulatory lawyers burrowed deep in the federal bureaucracy to foil reform.

Apr 30, 2013 / Feature / Gary Rivlin

Banks on the Run (Continued)

Banks on the Run (Continued) Banks on the Run (Continued)

Bank accountability activists continue to send a clear message to the big banks: “You can run, but you can’t hide.”

Apr 30, 2013 / Greg Kaufmann

Sequestration 101: If a Budget Cut Doesn’t Impact the Wealthy, Congress Won’t Fix It

Sequestration 101: If a Budget Cut Doesn’t Impact the Wealthy, Congress Won’t Fix It Sequestration 101: If a Budget Cut Doesn’t Impact the Wealthy, Congress Won’t Fix It

The poor have long known that a budget cut passed in Congress means hardship in real life. Now middle-class Americans realize that, too.

Apr 28, 2013 / Bryce Covert

Obama: Mortgaging the Living to Save the Wealth of the Dead

Obama: Mortgaging the Living to Save the Wealth of the Dead Obama: Mortgaging the Living to Save the Wealth of the Dead

Obama’s “chained CPI” saves only half of what the estate tax exemption loses. Do dead millionaires really matter more than Social Security?

Apr 25, 2013 / William Greider

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