Economy

An examination of the 10 richest Americans reveals a rogue's gallery of serial polluters, budget-slashers, CIA contractors, union-busters and right-wing nuts. June 5, 2009

Anything that once provided an illusion of safety for autoworkers is vanishing--so we either we rise up together, or no one walks away with a living wage. May 22, 2009

The Obama administration announced the results of its "stress tests" of big banks--but there were plenty of problems with the triumphant conclusions. May 11, 2009

The pressure is on the Obama administration to make its plans for economic recovery work--but the deeper question is: Work for who? April 8, 2009

When the government demands more concessions from GM and Chrysler, we all know where the cuts will come from. April 2, 2009

The Group of 20 meeting of the world's biggest economic powers in London was a failure even before it began. April 1, 2009

Among the 1,000 people who stood in line for jobs at a new Chicago hotel, there were countless stories about how workers are taking the brunt of the crisis. March 30, 2009

Those executive bonuses aren't the biggest scandal at AIG--the company has quietly become a vehicle for siphoning taxpayer dollars to the biggest banks. March 27, 2009

They crashed the Wall Street casino with their reckless gambling, but that isn't stopping the titans of high finance from awarding themselves huge bonuses. March 18, 2009

The World Bank and International Monetary Fund are using the international economic crisis to return to the limelight. March 13, 2009

The great American jobs wipeout continues with no end in sight, as the financial meltdown continues and the entire world economy unravels. March 10, 2009

The administration's $275 billion program to deal with foreclosures is a departure from the do-nothing Bush approach--but it falls short of what's needed. March 6, 2009

Arnold Schwarzenegger's state budget will be a crippling blow to working people--at the same time as it diligently protects the interests of the rich. February 24, 2009

U.S. automakers are using government loans as a pretext to eliminate retiree health care costs and pensions--and the UAW is letting them. February 23, 2009

The Obama administration is proposing a new phase in the Wall Street bailout that would transfer yet more billions into the pockets of rich financiers. February 11, 2009

Despite Barack Obama's criticism of NAFTA on the campaign trail, his administration is seeking to maintain and expand such free-trade deals. February 5, 2009

For a growing number of people faced with rising tuition and loans drying up, the grim answer to that question is: "Not anymore." February 2, 2009

A host of major U.S. corporations, including Home Depot, Caterpillar and Sprint, announced big jobs cuts this week--75,000 in one day alone. January 30, 2009

The scale of Bernie Madoff's $50 billion fraud is staggering, but that shouldn't be allowed to obscure the bigger crimes at the heart of the capitalist system. January 27, 2009

Citigroup and Bank of America are staggering under a new wave of losses as the deepening recession drags down the financial system. January 23, 2009

The payday loan industry has mushroomed by preying on workers whose shrinking real wages fail to cover rent and put food on the table. January 22, 2009

Barack Obama's proposed economic stimulus plan is hundreds of billions of dollars short of what's needed--and much of it is misdirected. January 13, 2009

SocialistWorker.org looks at who Barack Obama put in charge of economic policy--and what to look for when the administration gets in office. December 16, 2008

Congressional leaders say their auto bailout is tough on Big Three executives, but autoworkers, not management, will suffer far more. December 9, 2008

There's no shortage of people to blame for the worsening economic disaster. But the scale of the crisis raises questions about the capitalist system itself. December 5, 2008