Economy

Bizarrely, the only Americans who seem to be angry are the beneficiaries of economic injustice: the wealthiest.

Two regular Truthout contributors discussed everything from cooperatives to food and leisure in Greece.

Proxy season is over. Then comes the annual compilation of executive compensation data.

“Things are boiling, we know the system doesn't work, we know that it is unfair, and eventually, something tips it off,” says Dr. Margaret Flowers in this interview with …

Ellen Brown: The ‘bail in’ of depositor funds is now being made official European Union policy.

A Bush-era economist recently likened progressive taxation to forceful kidney removal. Dean Baker puts his claim in context.

Austerity has been intellectually discredited in recent months. But conservative spending cuts still dominate policy.

Before there was Citizens United, a modern Tea Party movement, or national momentum to ban corporate personhood, Thom Hartmann shows that resistance to corporate power is just as patriotic …

If we want to rekindle that spirit of 1776, not just daydream about it, our course stands clear. We need to create a more equal America.

A new wave of cooperatives is emerging in the US, and a big part of the inspiration is coming from what might seem an unlikely source: the United Steelworkers …