Economy

Comment: Lance Selfa

Trade Wars, Episode I: The Empire Lashes Out

The Trump administration's march down the path toward economic confrontation with China could make the world an even more dangerous place. April 10, 2018
Analysis: Owen Hill

The sorry tale of a Wall Street gamble gone bad

An obscure niche of Wall Street based on betting against market volatility shows the absurdity of a system where greed is king. March 1, 2018
Comment: Nicole Colson

How the global 1 Percent rips off the world

The massive inequality between the global haves and have-nots is further proof of how capitalism fails the millions who make it run. February 2, 2018
Comment: Christopher Baum

The robber barons of Silicon Valley

Like their Gilded Age predecessors, today's tech billionaires use their wealth and power to wring profit from workers in the U.S. and around the world. January 8, 2018
Analysis: Tyler Zimmer

Does the Bitcoin frenzy make any sense at all?

The craze for the "crypto-currency" called Bitcoins says a lot about the irrationality of a system where profit comes before all else. January 3, 2018
Report: Richard Capron

Protesting a bad sequel to NAFTA

The renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement could spell more exploitation, especially of Mexico workers. October 16, 2017
Interview: Lee Sustar

What's the agenda behind Trumponomics?

A quarrelsome alliance of economic nationalists, China-fearing industrial bosses and some prominent bankers are forging a new U.S. economic strategy. July 5, 2017
Comment: Andrea Hektor

Facing a fake clinic escort in NYC

Anti-choice bigots are pretending to be escorts in front of women's clinics, and they can't be allowed to spread their lies. April 12, 2017
Analysis: Lance Selfa

Has Trump made the economy great again?

The stock market has been on a tear since the election, but that doesn't mean the economy is poised for takeoff, with plenty of jobs, as Trump promised. March 27, 2017
Analysis: Neil Loehlein

The rise of the bad jobs economy

Work with irregular hours, variable earnings and temporary status is becoming more common than ever--and it's fueling working-class discontent. February 27, 2017
Analysis: Vincent DeCesare

Looking out for number 1 Percent

Donald Trump won votes by promising to create jobs, but his economic agenda will ultimately make him even more unpopular. January 26, 2017
Analysis: Brian Parkin

What happened after the oil price crash?

Two years after the oil price crash, some certainties remain: a world of environmental chaos and oil-fuelled imperialist conflict. January 4, 2017
Analysis: Sharon Smith

Still caught in the can't-catch-up economy

The media seized on a Census Bureau report to declare that "America got a raise" in 2015--but a closer look at the numbers tells another story. September 26, 2016
Review: Leela Yellesetty

The canyon between the rich and the rest of us

A new book by Michael Yates that takes stock of the human cost of inequality concludes that as bad as we think it is, the reality is worse. August 23, 2016
Comment: Joe Sabatini

How the ruling class rules

The Panama Papers offer a glimpse into the methods used by the rich to maintain their wealth and power over the rest of us. April 14, 2016
Comment: Eric Ruder

Capital crimes from Panama to Delaware

The shadowy world of tax shelters and shell corporations stretches to the U.S.--and most of it is perfectly legal, despite the deadly consequences. April 11, 2016
Review: Jason Farbman

A casino where the rest of us lose

The success of the movie The Big Short has focused attention on Michael Lewis' book and its explanation of Wall Street's crimes. March 9, 2016
Comment: Leela Yellesetty

The ugly secret hidden behind Seattle's boom

Growing prosperity for some in Seattle has come at the expense of desperation for others, including a state of emergency around homelessness. February 24, 2016
Analysis: Lee Sustar

Can the U.S. escape the slump?

Unemployment is at its lowest level since the Great Recession struck, but that doesn't mean the U.S. is immune to the global slowdown. February 11, 2016
Comment: Tom Bramble

The economic crisis and political polarization

Almost a decade after the Great Recession, the world economy remains in a weakened state, and that has fed political instability. February 8, 2016
Analysis: Eric Ruder

What you need to know about the oil price war

The impact of falling demand and increasing supply is driving the price of oil down far and fast--with devastating and unlooked-for consequences. February 1, 2016
Comment: Tom Bramble

The rise of the 0.0001 percent

Forget about the 1 Percent for a minute--let’s look at the filthiest of the filthy rich and see how they get their wealth. November 4, 2015
Analysis: Eric Toussaint

The reign of the Bankocracy goes on

While workers pay the price for the last crisis caused by the 1 Percent, governments are doing nothing to stop the next one. October 14, 2015
Analysis: Lance Selfa

The feel-lousy economy

The government's official statistics show that the U.S. economy is performing decently. So why does it feel like it's all bad news to workers? October 6, 2015
Comment: Tyler Zimmer

VW chose profit over the planet

Volkswagen got caught--but it's not the first and won't be the last corporation to pursue profit with a sociopathic intensity. October 1, 2015

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