Economy

Every American should have the right to a good-paying job that lets them provide for themselves and their families.

Since the peak of the Great Society, on the first official Earth Day, captains of industry have engaged in a conspiracy to destroy the gains made for working people …

Dean Baker: There is nothing natural about the government giving tax exempt status to big money non-profits.

Thursday the AFL-CIO released a new report, NAFTA at 20. The report makes the point that, "On the whole, NAFTA-style agreements have proved to be primarily a vehicle to …

The ever-changing reasons for a never-changing policy suggest that we aren't really talking about policy analysis.

Portland's awkward silence on $15 was finally broken when Portland activist-professor Nicholas Caleb recently announced his candidacy for city council, his top platform plank being the $15 minimum wage..

France not only does much more redistribution, but has expanded its redistribution over time, limiting the rise in overall inequality, while the US has not.

Major discussions on income distribution vs. redistribution; Maryland cutting taxes on rich and leaving tipped workers' minimum wages at $3.63 an hour; and a final segment on criticisms of …

To the extent that people have negative feelings about the 1%, the emotion involved isn't envy - it's anger, which isn't at all the same thing.

All around the world, people are talking about a basic minimum income, and what they're saying makes a lot of economic sense. To ensure everyone has a sense of …