Economy

Over the past 40 years, corporations and politicians have rolled back many of the gains made by working and middle-class people.

On Economic Update Professor Richard Wolff and guests discuss the current state of the economy, both locally and globally in relation to the economic crisis.

It's of course good news that unemployment among workers in private industry has been steadily declining. But that comes along with the bad news that unemployment among public employees …

In case it isnu2019t yet apparent to you, the unfolding scandal over manipulation of Libor and its Euro counterpart Euribor is a huge deal. Even though at this point, …

Mitt Romney and the New Gilded Age

So what do you get when you combine Mitt Romney, expensive horseflesh, fancy dinners and a financial scandal in the City of London? An interesting confluence of people and …

Krugman discusses how and why the u201ctwo great centers of world economic activity, of democracy, and of everything else are both in deep trouble.u201d He says, "Europe made the …

Thirty years ago, Merton Miller, one of the giants of modern finance, was at a banking conference when a banker said he couldnu2019t raise more capital by selling stock …

Taxing Wall Street speculation is a great way to raise whatever money might be needed to meet deficit targets.

While the Supreme Court's upholding of the health care law was last week's most important event in historical terms, it will not be the decisive event of the 2012 …