Economy

The tiny house movement sweeping the country might be the solution to some housing and social problems caused by the recession.

The annual International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank meetings are focusing on the role of high debt burdens in both global economic recovery and increasing inequality.

French Economist Thomas Piketty's book, “Capital in the Twenty-First Century” could very well become one of the most influential books on economics in decades.

ALEC is slated to roll out its annual “Rich States, Poor States” publication this week.

Income inequality will continue to rise unless we close the performance pay loophole and curb the growth of executive compensation.

Paul Krugman: When people with fragile egos have great power, seriously bad things can happen.

Updates on how inequality persists across generations; the nonsense of “taxes are job killers”; governor uses tax revenues to prevent unionization in a private enterprise; and more.

Having a middle class is a choice that a society has to make, and it's a choice we need to make again in this generation.

For the broader legalized market, the future may come sooner than some might think, given how much interest has been stoked by the ongoing experiments in Colorado and Washington.

The nature of our current economic situation is that smart policy requires that you ignore what supposedly responsible people, who sound as if they know what they're talking about …