Panic has returned to international stock markets because of the fears of new financial crises--and the threat of a slump back into recession. August 11, 2011
The euro has been pulled back from the brink of collapse--but only because working people in Greece and other European countries will suffer. July 28, 2011
Two years after the official start of an economic "recovery," the latest government report on jobs shows things are as bad as ever for the unemployed. July 11, 2011
Skyrocketing gas prices are hitting working people hard--but that's good news for the oil companies and financial speculators who profit at our expense. May 10, 2011
While many forms of discrimination have been put behind us, fear and anxiety still stalks one of America's last despised minorities--the top 1 percent. April 28, 2011
David McNally's new book Global Slump explains the roots and nature of a new epoch of economic crisis, austerity and working-class resistance. March 7, 2011
In contrast to the happy talk about economic recovery in the business press, slumping home prices and stagnating employment tell another story. January 18, 2011
The president of the Committee for the Abolition of Third World Debt looks at the global debt crisis--and how some smaller nations are refusing to pay. January 4, 2011
Instead of making working people pay the price for reducing the federal deficit, how about raising taxes on the rich and cutting the Pentagon budget? December 13, 2010
"Got it, flaunt it" is the rule again for the super-rich after a few difficult years--and yet the wealthy are acting like they are the persecuted ones. December 10, 2010
Cooperation has given way to backstabbing at the G20 summit as industrialized nations try to push the costs of the world economic crisis onto each other. November 12, 2010
My mom has found herself among the long-term unemployed who are struggling in the suburbs where the American Dream is supposed to thrive. November 11, 2010
With poverty on the rise and long-term unemployment at record levels, most families in the U.S. are scrambling to get by. But some are doing just fine. October 1, 2010
State budget cuts in social services are so deep that many programs and agencies are disappearing--precisely at a moment when they're needed most. September 3, 2010
After weeks of the White House touting a recovery, the latest jobs numbers and a Federal Reserve statement have put a spotlight on the weak economy. August 12, 2010
