News Analysis

A new American dream could rise from the mess left by globalization, off-shoring and austerity.

2013 has been something of a confessional period for the economic managerial class. The IMF's chief economist perhaps demonstrated this point best when he conceded that "forecasters significantly underestimated …

What do words mean in a post-9/11 world?

Stephanie Kelton makes the case against austerity simple enough for every reader to understand.

All over Europe, the internet is providing a democratic background to the radical efforts of protesters.

Ann Hodges and Ellen Dannin show how courts eroded employee power with a legal quagmire where strikes are risky.

Shortly after the 15 April 2013 Boston Marathon bombings, Richard Falk, professor emeritus of international law at Princeton University and the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in …

The consternation at the not-exactly-a-surprise nomination of billionaire Penny Pritzker to be Commerce Secretary, is sadly much less than is warranted.

Community time banks and local currencies can be an effective means to escape the corrupt extractive finance system.

In the midst of a deepening jobs crisis, Republicans are proposing legislation that kills the only law that creates employment.