Economy

Stagnating wages for tipped workers is part of a bigger story of rising inequality in America.

In the fierce debate over our top-heavy distribution of income and wealth, egalitarians have vanquished both inequality's deniers and defenders. Now the debate is shifting to the most pivotal …

Might it be time to scale back the Olympics to a more reasonable level?

In this excerpt from his forthcoming book, “Crises of Imagination, Crises of Power,” Max Haiven postulates the need to reclaim and reimagine the commons, to restore humanity and human …

Obamacare is a job killer u2014 that was the message across the media this week after the release of a new Congressional Budget Office report about the Affordable Care …

Services like Uber and Taskrabbit may offer convenience to their customers, but they don't provide essential protections to their workers.

The index of aggregate weekly hours is still down by 0.1 percent from November.

Updates on economic democracy from Jackson, Mississippi to Marseilles, France; credit card scandals; phony labels for chicken; overcharging inmates for calls; and more.

Following the State of the Union address, we see both political parties perpetuate the myth that business owners and corporations are “job creators.” In reality, employees of those enterprises …

Neither the French nor the British economy has covered itself with glory, but this sure doesn't look like a British triumph.