Economy

Wal-Mart workers have launched historic labor protests and strikes across 28 stores in 12 states, the first retail worker strike in the companyu2019s 50-year history.

Police have arrested three people for blocking the removal of equipment from the Sensata Technologies plant in Freeport, Illinois.

Tim A. Wise: Bio-fuels are driving up the price of food everywhere and costing developing countries billions.

For most people who have heard or read about Hugo Chu00e1vez in the international media, his reelection on Sunday as president of Venezuela by a convincing margin might be …

James Kwak explains how understanding the tax policies of each Presidential candidate is not simple matter of rounding up.

The basic principle at work in municipally owned real estate development is that appreciation of land should be turned to public advantage. In many communities, Community Land Trusts (CLTs) …

Paul Krugman: Where does austerity fit into this story? Mostly it doesn't.

Despite claims that the economy is stabilizing, the US and Europe is pursuing a two-pronged solution for an extreme economic crisis: austerity measures and the less-discussed "structural reforms.u201d

Romney has proposed various tax plans and outlined numerous principles his plan should uphold once it is in place, so here is a timeline of Romneyu2019s tax proposals to …

Striking steelworkers lament the lost golden era of industry and anxiously confront a future marked by perpetual decline.