Economy

Pfizer made headlines recently over its attempt to acquire Astra-Zeneca, which would allow it to become a “foreign” company for tax purposes, but the drug maker is not alone.

The acceptance of austerity by most political parties and the general drift to the right has produced fertile ground for far right-parties to take root, and raised the danger …

Government intervention can be a big success, as Paul Krugman explains.

Lynn Fries hosts an extended interview with Thomas Piketty about his widely acclaimed Capital in the 21st Century.

The FCC formally proposes new rules that could allow companies like Netflix to pay internet service providers like Comcast to have their content sent to customers at faster speeds, …

Is “Occupy” over? Or are its many offshoots learning the arts of community rootedness and power building?

When enough people understand that private banks rather than governments create our money supply, we might wake up to a new day in banking, finance and the return of …

Conflicts with local communities over mining, oil and gas development are costing companies billions of dollars a year.

The TPP has little to do with trade and everything to do with setting loose capital on a global scale.

Distributing income more equally from the start would avoid the insecurity, social divisiveness and wasted resources of income redistribution.