Economy & Labor

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.

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

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

The Bank of England named former Goldman Sachs investment banker Mark Carney as its new chief.

A name for a day of huge business losses has become the name for a day of hoped-for business gains. How'd that happen?

I did not spend Thanksgiving evening with my wife and my five children. I spent it, instead, handing out turkey sandwiches to workers in WalMart.

Protests continue in Cairou2019s Tahrir Square after Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi issued a decree last week.