Economy

Robin Hood tax supporters National Nurses United, economist Jeffrey Sachs, and European Parliament VP tell Congress to support “no brainer” tax on Wall Street.

Ever since the New York Times highlighted Durham as one of the best new cities to live in the South, gentrification has been steadily creeping.

My seven-year-old daughter’s new favorite song is, no joke, “Banks of Marble,” sung by Pete Seeger.

The world of organized sports is a microcosm of corporations vs. workers and community. This meme can also be exploited to our benefit.

The bankruptcy declaration of Mondragu00f3n Corporation's major subsidiary, Fagor Electrodomu00e9sticos Group, illustrates the need for large-scale cooperatives to go beyond competition in the existing economic system and begin to …

Paul Krugman shares his thoughts on Janet Yellen for the Federal Reserve and the recipients of the 2013 Nobel Prize for economics.

Republicans would rather pad the wallets of the wealthy elite than put food on the tables of America's most needy and vulnerable.

Updates on Goldman Sachs charity/PR, bank scandals, housing ‘recovery’ exposed, suicides rise in Kansas and a Benedictine Nun leading a new anti-austerity party in Catalonia.

Stores like Walmart, Costco and Home Depot are providing financial products like mortgages and various loans.

A look into the money pouring into Washington tells an anti-democratic tale of how a once-popular initiative is now statistically tied in the polls.