Economy

Last week, the Wall Street Journal highlighted a Federal Reserve report on total household net worth. Surprise! Americans are richer than ever before, both in nominal and real terms. …

Nuclear power engineer Arnie Gunderson and journalist Chiho Kaneko discuss a lawsuit to hold General Electric and other reactor manufacturing companies responsible and the Japanese public's attitude toward nuclear …

The persistent gender wage gap affects earners at all levels, high to low, from the boardroom on down. What's to be done?

There's absolutely nothing to lose by taking the high ground.

Chileans have, to put it in terms Americans understand, rejected Reaganomics. And it's time for us here in the US to do the same.

The sight of tens of thousands of striking teachers marching through the streets of Chicago in September 2012 was a much-needed shot in the arm for a sagging labor …

Putting a disarming smiley face on capitalism's depredations is the economic significance of the Obama administration.

A university professor has suggested that high-cost, predatory consumer loans should be given a “pass” because the employees are “friendly” and because consumer advocates are “out of touch.”

Robert Pollin proposes a post-austerity policy agenda that lays out a clear path to job creation and lowering public debt - while advancing greater equality.

Unemployment in construction is lower than in the pre-boom years.