Economy

The fiscal cliff is a scam - so says Professor James K. Galbraith.

Fast food workers close down McDonalds and other fast food outlets demanding a living wage and the right to unionize.

As the so-called fiscal cliff nears, Republicans will likely hold things like extended unemployment benefits hostage.

Jeannette Wicks-Lim: The possibility of educating one's way out of poverty is getting dim as most new jobs only require a high school education.

Bernie Sanders: If enacted, the plan put forward by Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles will cause major economic pain to virtually every American.

In this chapter, Gar Alperovitz charts the varied interconnections between community economic and environmental stability, gender-friendly community design and land ownership institutions.

This economy isn't working for most Americans. The faltering recovery has begun creating jobs and lowering deficits, but more than 20 million are in need of full-time work. Those …

If I had to pick a single word to describe the global economy today, it would be fragile. Policy makers and business leaders have actively built a system that …

Progressive Democrats lobby against a Grand Bargain that will further unravel the social safety net.

Financiers, polluters and other biz honchos team up to strangle the economy.