Economy

Ellen Brown: To take back our power from Wall Street and the corporatocracy, we need a mass movement, coordinated action, and leaders who can organize it.

Veteran activist and organizer Marshall Ganz joins Bill to discuss the power of social movements to effect meaningful change.

Just as Wall Street is now largely about ripping off suckers, the high tech world of Silicon Valley seems to have evolved into the West Coast version.

Can democracy save capitalism, as it did in the 1930s, when it provided popular pressure to force the elite to accept changes otherwise resisted by capital, Cliff DuRand asks.

Corporations that manufacture offshore and import their own goods duty-free distort the supply chain.

Stephanie Kelton revisits the writings of Marriner Eccles, who was tapped by FDR to head the Federal Reserve, a position he held until 1948.

One of the biggest myths about the United States is that it's a mostly ‘middle class’ society, with poverty confined to a minority of the population; the reality is …

The three-month limit on SNAP benefits for unemployed childless is already harsh; imposing it even in areas where unemployment is high would be punitive.

Jack Rasmus: A closer look of the US economy over the past year (July 2012 to July 2013) reveals a longer-term trend of the US economy weakening, not growing.

There is a right and a responsibility inherent in holding corporate shares.