Economy

Richard Wolff and Robin Hahnel promote a democratic path forward to healing the economy.

Dean Baker: The problem is the fact that there is no way on earth that Mr. Obama would select Paul Krugman for Treasury Secretary.

Paul Krugman: If Mr. Obama stands his ground in the debt ceiling confrontation, the fiscal cliff deal wonu2019t look bad in retrospect.

Few are better equipped than economist Richard Wolff, professor emeritus at the University of Massachusetts, to address the massive failings and inequalities of capitalism.

A push is on to get the Nobel Prize winner in economics the position in the new Obama administration.

Updates on how the new US tax deal favors the rich, deepening student loan problems, and how 2012 benefited billionaires. Analysis of possible conversion from a war-oriented to a …

Peter Dreier looks back at 2012 and 25 powerful progressive victories, including elections, ballot measures, court rulings, legislation and new waves of mobilization.

Michael Hudson continues his analysis of America's economic collapse and the myth of the fiscal cliff.

James S. Henry: Obama's deal with GOP on estate tax ensures very rich families will continue to amass historic levels of wealth and power.

This pace of job growth is consistent with a declining unemployment rate, but will not return us to full employment until the next decade.