The late 19th century saw the creation of a modern industrial economy during the rise of robber...
Economy
During the Civil War Congress passed the Revenue Act of 1861 which included a tax on personal...
Debt collection operations continue, often by institutions treating coronavirus patients, all while unemployment and uncertainty soar. Darcel...
Discussions of economics have existed since ancient times but it was not a separate discipline until the...
About 75 percent of adults with disabilities live with an aging parent or caregiver and most are...
Threatening signs, fences, and security guards have been employed to block public beach use. By Bob Lotane...
The same politicians who facilitate tax reductions for banks, big corporations, and the wealthiest individuals likewise then...
Many of the world’s biggest companies are trying to give it new life by showing it can...
There is a key political cleavage over what people think drive disparate economic outcomes. New York Times...
While corporate power has grown, the power of workers and communities has been steadily eroded. Allen White’s...
Progressivism did not attempt to overthrow or replace capitalism, but to constrain and supplement it in order...
Advocates of a more socially conscious economic system must take steps to ensure that their vision takes...
There is reason to pay attention to them at this time of year. They are a prime...
Monetary, fiscal, military, political, and economic issues are all very much intertwined. Two centuries ago, in 1776,...
The restaurant industry as a whole hasn’t been a huge supporter of the fight to increase minimum...
With the U.S. national debt already exceeding $16 trillion, tax reform championed by President Trump and increased...
A conversation with author Steven Greenhouse on history and reviving American unions. By Michael Winship This past...
Don’t believe the corporate lies. Today’s unions are growing, expanding, and boosting the wages and economic prospects...
What we have here is government by plutocratic authoritarians who’ll gleefully dole out millions to a wealthy...
Multinational corporations are increasingly encroaching on the functions of sovereign states. By Lorenzo Marsili “There is no...
Three scholars argue that agriculture is failing to sustain either the land or American farmers. They propose...
It’s a Wonderful Life prescribed community and empathy as the remedy to a callous economic system. From...
The Raise the Wage Act is an opportunity for Congress to restore dignity to work and stability...
Stressing out about potentially losing benefits can prolong financial instability. Solving this problem will help low-paid workers...
The terms “capitalism” and “socialism” have too much historical baggage. In early 2019, Donald Trump warned against socialism: it “promises...
While the weathly and powerful are coddled with public largesse, the rest of us are thrown into...
Working people deserve a better standard of living for completing what society demands. By Daniel Wasik Daniel...
Behind today’s populist upheavals is a widespread recognition that the economy no longer serves the public good,...
Vampire fiction as class allegory predates Dracula. In May 1897 Constable and Co published a limited print...
Starting with the medieval poor/rich-topics in the Aquinian tradition of the theological economy of charity, following a...