Economy

A few Americans are buying our democracy as never before. And they're doing it completely in secret.

Two critical Wall Street reforms, once declared dead by U.S. megabanks, are suddenly close to Congressional approval.

“The world is too complex for history to repeat, but there are nevertheless lessons to keep in mind.”

When public values are subordinated to the rationality of profits, the institutions that support it become corrupt.

Market-driven principles of deregulation, radical individualism and privatization penetrate all aspects of daily life.

Nader may be accused of being a “spoiler,” but he's also a true believer.

So how can the Dow be flirting with 10,000 when consumers, who make up 70 percent of the economy, have had to cut way back on buying because …