Economy

The truth is that raising income taxes on rich people and hugely profitable companies actually helps economies and causes companies to hire more and more people, thus lowering unemployment.

The austerity push by politicians, political operatives, and pundits of the last 5 years is the height of economic, political, and social perversity and stupidity.

Not only do we pay more, but we pay in far more ways than any other country.

This week we want to highlight some of the issues that are spurring youth to get active in their communities and what they are doing about them.

If the populist movement spreads, it wonu2019t be a Beltway phenomenon. As Occupy demonstrated, it will disrupt business as usual.

Updates on dangers in anti-bacterial soap, South African union to start socialist party, Germans retire abroad, billionaires' whims shape health care. Major discussions of Obamacare and alternatives to capitalist …

Companies need to face up to the reality that some of their products are produced by men, women and children working in sweatshop conditions.

Dean Baker: President Obama wants the public to believe that inequality is something that just happened.

Billionaire Dan Gilbert seems genuinely to want to be part of the solution for Detroit, but his business model helped create and now perpetuates the city's problems.

Americans spend more than $20 billion a year on toys for kids - with most of that green leaving their pockets between now and the end of December.