Economy

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 …

You cannot lift up a nation's economy while slashing away at its consumers' pocketbooks.

Community time banks and local currencies can be an effective means to escape the corrupt extractive finance system.

The piecemeal fight against shrink-the-government policies is unworkable; we need comprehensive solutions.

Five major US Banks are violating a a $25 billion settlement from last year that was meant to compensate victims of abusive bank practices and foreclosure fraud.

Mr. Bush should be blocked from redemption of any kind, ever: he misled us into a war that probably killed hundreds of thousands of people, and he did it …