Economy

Markus Stanley: Derivative bets not a zero sum game, have far reaching real world consequences.

There is no dispute about the status of major Pentagon contractors, their utter dependency on government, and their outsized profiteering.

Bottom line: The odds of the fiscal cliff happening are greater than most people are currently willing to admit.

This means that Romney was not just insulting those who are too poor to pay a federal income tax.

Teachers in Chicago, Verizon workers, and students in Quebec recently proved that not only are strikes and general resistance and dissent essential to any democracy, they also work.

It seems likely that this election will be decided in the industrial Midwest, Ohio in particular - a region that has bounced back strongly economically.

Michael Hudson: Shoveling money to the banks not meant to create jobs; itu2019s a way to give banks even more speculative capital and prepare them for another meltdown

If the rich want to know why they bear such a large share of the nation's income tax burden to pay for so-called big government these days, they should …

A new study suggests the argument that C.E.O.'s will leave if they aren't compensated well, perhaps even lavishly, is bogus.

Rich politicians such as FDR who favored social welfare programs were called class traitors. Romney, however, is a sponsor of the wealthy class.