Economy

Gerald Epstein: Powerful lobbying by finance sector keeps turning regulations into Swiss cheese; there is an alternative if people fight for it.

Three irrefutable facts about the current US fiscal condition that Jack Lew should be willing to recognize.

The president said Republicans would be responsible for the economic fallout if they refused to raise it.

Low-interest rates by the Fed are causing investors to purchase foreclosed homes in blocks of hundreds.

Trying a new format, we use the full hour to examine the two basic kinds of economic theory mostly widely used now to understand economic issues.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said that decriminalization of marijuana possession is one of his top legislative priorities

From Wall Street to Big Oil to the for-profit health insurance industry, business decisions are geared to increase the wealth of shareholders.

Richard Wolff makes the compelling argument that modern capitalism has undermined democracy, replacing it with a plutocracy.

Economic democracy can unleash innovation at the workplace and in politics.

The biggest banks keep getting bigger because they can borrow more cheaply than smaller banks.