Economy

A little more than fifty years ago, over a quarter of workers belonged to some type of union. Today, fewer than 12 percent of all workers belong to a …

By calling attention to the over-valuation of social media and biotech companies, and junk bonds, Fed Chair Janet Yellen is putting the financial professionals on notice.

Coal production is gradually leaving Appalachia - having already extracted much of the region's natural wealth.

In 2010, an anarchistic Icelandic comedian, Jon Gnarr, became an unlikely face of successful alternative politics. The former Reykjavik mayor speaks about his philosophy, future and new book about …

One of the favored practices of the banking industry in recent years has been to engage in not merely shameless, but truly deranged hyperbole when anyone dares voice so …

Globalization distributed capitalism's deepening inequality throughout the world.

Updates on big bank fines; Tracy Morgan suing Walmart; highway trust and taxes; and extreme wealth inequality in the Hamptons.

Getting rid of government would let corporations step in to fill the gap. And corporate bureaucracy is just as bad, or even worse, than any government bureaucracy.

Citigroup must pay a $7 billion settlement for its mortgage-backed securities fraud. It's the largest settlement ever levied by the US Department of Justice.

If a favela can be displaced, they are going to try to displace it, and if they can use the World Cup and the Olympics as a pretext to …