Economy

Paul Krugman: So this is a campaign that's all about faking it - fake claims about Mr. Obama, fake claims about policy, fake claims about Mr. Romney's personal history.

In this week's Election Countdown: Its a young crowd at this year's Repuplican National Convention as headliners are barely in their forties; Georgia has to borrow federal funding …

The United Statesu2019 share of global college graduates fell substantially in the first decade of the 21st century and stands to drop even more by 2020 as developing economies …

The asymmetry that exists between Mexico and the United States is rooted in geography, natural resources, trade relations, population dynamics and governance.

This study asks Who are the the worldu2019s 1 percent power elite? And to what extent do they operate in unison for their own private gains over benefits for …

CNN reports that early drafts of the Republican Partyu2019s 2012 platform include a constitutional ban on abortion.

Billionaire corporate interests and other well financed anti-labor forces are waging a major drive to stifle the political voice of workers and their unions in California that is certain …

Paul Krugman: Mr. Ryan is, in fact, a big fraud who doesnu2019t care at all about fiscal responsibility.

Research consistently shows that education spending creates more jobs per dollar than any other kind of government spending.

The global “army of the unemployed” weakened American labor, but tariffs are not a solution - a mass mobilization is needed.