Economy

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 …

How little has changed: Some excerpts of writings on the capitalism of the 19th and early 20th Centuries – excerpted from my book, a work still in progress, Let's …

Moody's announced plans to change the way they treat pension obligations in assessing state and local government debt.

Updates on Bangladesh tragedy, drug price gouging, CEO pay and OSHA; discussion of labor strategy then and now; comments on markets, private property and scapegoating government.

In today's On the News segment: The National Rifle Association's new president will lead the charge against new stricter gun laws in several states, and more.