Economy

Could the Greek Economic Crisis Affect the US Economy? Could the Greek Economic Crisis Affect the US Economy?

Economic unrest in Greece has the potential to quickly spread through the entire European Union—and back to the US where the crisis originated on Wall Street. 

Jun 28, 2011 / Audio / WGBH

Chris Hayes: Are Republicans Deliberately Tanking the Economy? Chris Hayes: Are Republicans Deliberately Tanking the Economy?

The GOP has disowned some of their favorite ideas—pay as you go budgets, cap and trade, raising the debt ceiling—once President Obama has endorsed them.

Jun 28, 2011 / Video / The Rachel Maddow Show

Domestic Workers Need Rights–but Can Working Families Afford What They’ll Cost? Domestic Workers Need Rights–but Can Working Families Afford What They’ll Cost?

As domestic workers win state-level struggles for workplace protections, their employers—many of them middle-class families—get stuck with the bill, while the governmen...

Jun 28, 2011 / Bryce Covert

Debtocracy: The Story of Greece’s Financial Ruin Debtocracy: The Story of Greece’s Financial Ruin

"Debtocracy "strikes an ironic chord of dissonance between Greece's glorious past and perilous present.

Jun 28, 2011 / Video / The Nation Video

Bernie Sanders to Obama and the Democrats: Stand Up to the Economic and Political ‘Schoolyard Bullies’ Bernie Sanders to Obama and the Democrats: Stand Up to the Economic and Political ‘Schoolyard Bullies’

Vermont Senator rallies citizens to defend Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security. 

Jun 27, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols

Bernie Sanders Tells Obama, ‘We Will Not Balance the Budget on the Backs of Working Families’ Bernie Sanders Tells Obama, ‘We Will Not Balance the Budget on the Backs of Working Families’

Read the full text of Senator Bernie Sanders's statement to Congress on the balancing the budget.

Jun 27, 2011 / Sen. Bernie Sanders

Bernie Sanders to Obama: ‘Do Not Yield to Outrageous Republican Demands’ on Taxes, Cuts, Deficit Policy

Bernie Sanders to Obama: ‘Do Not Yield to Outrageous Republican Demands’ on Taxes, Cuts, Deficit Policy Bernie Sanders to Obama: ‘Do Not Yield to Outrageous Republican Demands’ on Taxes, Cuts, Deficit Policy

Vermont's independent senator urges the president to reject GOP demands that the budget be balanced on the backs of working Americans. 

Jun 27, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols

29 Miners and Massey’s Coal Crimes 29 Miners and Massey’s Coal Crimes

A report released last month found that Massey Energy was largely responsible for the mine explosion that killed 29 people. But little justice has been rendered.

Jun 26, 2011 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Fitzwalkerstan ‘Justice’: Wisconsin Governor Walker’s Judicial Fixer Accused of Assaulting Dissenting Jurist Fitzwalkerstan ‘Justice’: Wisconsin Governor Walker’s Judicial Fixer Accused of Assaulting Dissenting Jurist

As Justice David Prosser was battling on the state Supreme Court on behalf of Governor Walker's anti-labor agenda, he reportedly attacked a justice who disagreed with him. This is ...

Jun 25, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols

This Week: The Beginning of the End in Afghanistan. PLUS: A Wal-Mart Economy This Week: The Beginning of the End in Afghanistan. PLUS: A Wal-Mart Economy

This week, four perspectives on President Obama's announcement on troop withdrawal from Afghanistan. Plus, a reaction to the Supreme Court's ruling in Dukes v. Wal-Mart, and a new ...

Jun 24, 2011 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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