Economy

In today's On the News segment: Today Minnesota's governor will sign marriage equality bill passed into law yesterday, and more.

Paul Krugman: Austerity apologists claim that the pre-crisis peak isn't a realistic goal for Latvia.

Norman Solomon: We need to ask ourselves how the forces of corporate capitalism have gained so much power over government, to the extreme detriment of people who aren't rich.

Are you tired of yet another revelation of fraud in the food industry or the banks? Are you paying less attention to those stories? Are you getting numb, thinking …

We are the workers who are employed by private companies through federal contracts, concessions and leases. Yet, while our employers reap billions of dollars in profits from taxpayers every …

We're told the economy is in recovery. But is it really? Recovery for who? Some of the facts from this episode are from an Alternet article by Les Leopold.

The TPP gives foreign corporations privileges that can override domestic laws and citizens' rights.

A new American dream could rise from the mess left by globalization, off-shoring and austerity.

On the News With Thom Hartmann: The Republican National Committee Wants Even More Money in Politics, and More

2013 has been something of a confessional period for the economic managerial class. The IMF's chief economist perhaps demonstrated this point best when he conceded that "forecasters significantly underestimated …