Economy

Not only is Mitt Romney the GOP's rich-man candidate for president, but his last name actually spells “money.” Just drop the “R,” move the “m” in front of the …

Here’s a chart of Intuit’s lobbying expenditures in Congress, courtesy of Open Secrets. I suspect that some of that nine million dollars of lobbying by that company since 2008 has …

Imagine you open the paper tomorrow, and the headlines are not about the “sluggish economy,” but our nation’s quality of life. You turn to the business section, and find …

Angela Glover Blackwell has spent her adult life advocating practical ways to fulfill America's promise of “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” for all. Now, with our middle …

A recent test of packaged raw chicken products bought at grocery stores across the country found that roughly half of them were contaminated with the bacteria E. coli. E. …

How many lobbyists does it take to defend billions in subsidies for one of the most profitable industries in the world? 786. That’s the size of the army that oil and …

Water privatisation has been proven not to help the poor, yet a quarter of all World Bank funding goes directly to corporations and the private sector, bypassing both governments …

Truthout combats corporatization by bringing you trustworthy news: click here to join the effort. Economics Professor Richard D. Wolff and guests discuss the current state of the economy, both …

Yesterday, the President gave a speech in which he demanded that Congress raise taxes on millionaires, as a way to somewhat recalibrate the nation's wealth distribution. His advisors, like …

Last May, as a battle was heating up between Internet companies and Hollywood over how to stop online piracy, a top entertainment industry lobbyist landed a meeting at the …