Economy

The truth is that Social Security wasn't broke in 1980, 1990, or 2012, and it's not broke today.

Microsoft's buyout of Nokia and subsequent plans to layoff thousands of employees illustrates the dire economic implications of multinational corporation's mega-mergers and acquisitions.

Under-the-table, off-the-books work has become the norm for many.

For the first time in history, County Council in the Hawaiian island of Kaua'i blocked a citizen-led petition to stop further GMO development until corporations could prove the safety …

The questions you should ask are how the fiscal path is likely to play out in reality, and what, if anything, we should do now to make the story …

Hard times have found a new neighborhood - in the suburbs.

By a large margin Americans of all political persuasions object to the notions that money is speech and corporations have the rights of citizens.

PERI Co-Director Gerald Epstein discusses how Fed Vice Chair Stanley Fischer has ignored real solutions to improve the economy, like increasing wages.

Argentina was the richest country in Latin America before decades of neoliberal and IMF-imposed economic policies drowned it in debt.

Updates on the drop in most Americans' household wealth and how Social Security finances are more about wages than aging.