Economy & Labor

Bob Pollin: Cuts triggered by the Congressional sequestration process are not as big as Pentagon spin and military spending is an inefficient

Romney confirmed on Tuesday that he would allow insurers to deny coverage to millions of Americans.

Report on film “We Are Wisconsin”, featuring Brian and Melissa Austin; active police officer and a housewife turned activist

recession, growth, employment, military budget, militarization, clean energy, emissions, defense policy, industrial policy, Robert Pollin

Rick Wolff provides his weekly dose of economic updates.

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

Bob Pollin: There is no engine driving job creation so no real recovery is possible.

Dozens of New York lawmakers and several advocacy groups are convening on Capitol Hill today to call on the Justice Department to investigate the New York City Police Departmentu2019s …

Romney and the Republicans are pushing a reverse-Robin Hood plan that takes from the middle class and the poor while rewarding the rich.

Several months before Occupy Wall Street, the Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz wrote, “Of the 1%, by the 1%, for the 1%,” an article for Vanity Fair. He returns …