by Lynne Stuart Parramore | Jun 18, 2014 | Economy
How do you decide who to marry, or whether to marry at all? How many children to have? Whether to engage in short-term hookups or long-term partnerships? We don't like to think that economic forces outside our individual control can shape the most intimate aspects of...
by Terrance Heath | Jun 18, 2014 | Economy
While conservatives fret over breadwinner moms and caregiver dads, Democrats are working to create a more family-friendly economy, starting with a family-friendly workplace. I attended a Working Fathers and Families Meet and Greet on Tuesday, hosted by Sen. Patty...
by Sam Pizzigati | Jun 17, 2014 | Blog, Economy
The go-to intellectual guardians of our corporate order — those conservative analysts whose op-eds appear regularly in the Wall Street Journal — have a problem. Their defense of plutocracy just isn’t selling. Two events this spring have now put this failure in...
by Dave Johnson | Jun 16, 2014 | Blog, Economy
Here are some depressing statistics: In 2013, CEOs of S&P 500 companies made 331 times as much as their employees. Your average American worker not in a supervisory role made $35,239, while the average CEO made $11.7 million, according to the AFL-CIO Executive...
by Robert Borosage | Jun 16, 2014 | Blog, Economy
In the first six months of this year, Senate Republicans used the filibuster to block the Senate majority from increasing the minimum wage, providing paycheck fairness to women, and enabling those with student debt to refinance at lower rates, paid for by insuring...
by Dave Johnson | Jun 11, 2014 | Blog, Economy, Tax Reform
This one is simply outrageous. Corporations currently owe up to $700 billion in unpaid, "deferred" taxes. The country needs the money – partly because these companies owe so much in taxes. Which of the following choices should the country make? 1. Tell the companies...
