Economy

The endless stream of mergers and acquisitions over the past 34 years has taken away most all of the competition and has concentrated power.

Jeannette Wicks-Lim: There's a growing trend among the world's major corporations to voluntarily increase their workers' wages.

Our nation's highest court strikes another blow to public unions, and more.

Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph E. Stiglitz took to the opinion pages of The New York Times to argue that there's no such thing as “natural” market forces.

One of the world's most influential organizations representing the collective interests of the global oligarchy openly acknowledges that globalization has increased inequality.

Neuroeconomics is giving us a picture of the brain on money. Some of it isn't pretty.

The issue of voluntary part-time relates to Obamacare because one of the main purposes was to allow people to get insurance outside of employment.

Tim “Sole” Holland's new album “Death Drive” weaves through self-reflection, philosophy and existentialism with an anarchist perspective.

Contemporary capitalism is characterized by a political economy which revolves around finance capital, is based on a savage form of free market fundamentalism.

Some of the best “Muck Reads” we read this week.