Economy

January’s increase in hiring is good news, but it masks a bigger and more disturbing story – the continuing downward mobility of the American middle class. Most of the …

(Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) For some people, particularly the young and the old, the local mall or big-box retailer or superstore is an important part of …

Class warfare has once again entered the vocabulary of mainstream national politics, but with a strange twist.

The "credibility" gap has spread from the presidency to the entire political system.

Instead of clamor for jobs, why not clamor for a shorter workweek and divide the necessary work among more people?

A revolutionary take on a massive set of problems: Capitalism's failings and today's global economic crisis. Every Saturday, Economics Professor Richard D. Wolff and guests discuss the current state …

Corporate power's ascendancy over politics and society both political parties far to the right of the population.

The aestheticization of shock, difference and glamour misappropriates social consciousness.

“Free trade” is a guaranteed ticket to the poorhouse for any nation, and the evidence is overwhelming.

The jobs crisis is far from over.