Economy

House Republicans said Friday that they would agree to lift the federal governmentu2019s statutory borrowing limit for three months.

Paul Krugman: Smart machines may make higher GDP possible, but they will also reduce the demand for people, including smart people.

When I was elected to Congress in 2008, I asked to join the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE). Why? Because I was a government employee. The AFGE negotiates …

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Gerald Epstein: Powerful lobbying by finance sector keeps turning regulations into Swiss cheese; there is an alternative if people fight for it.

Three irrefutable facts about the current US fiscal condition that Jack Lew should be willing to recognize.

Behind closed doors, Congress larded the fiscal cliff deal with corporate tax breaks worth tens of billions of dollars.

The president said Republicans would be responsible for the economic fallout if they refused to raise it.

Low-interest rates by the Fed are causing investors to purchase foreclosed homes in blocks of hundreds.

Trying a new format, we use the full hour to examine the two basic kinds of economic theory mostly widely used now to understand economic issues.