Economy
Tax Scams, Google Buses Mean Silicon Valley Is #StuckInTraffic
Silicon Valley companies dodge taxes, and use some of the money to build luxurious, private bus lines for their employees. The rest of us are, literally, stuck with the result of these companies' tax scams.
A Tiny Step Toward Ending a CEO Scam
Sometimes, CEOs don’t fight failure. They bet on it. Now the Securities and Exchange Commission is finally moving, ever so slightly, against wagers that reward CEOs when their companies fail.
We Must Not Let Greece Go It Alone
Sen. Bernie Sanders asked Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen to explain her inaction and the Fed’s silence on Greece’s stand against austerity. The stakes are too high for the U.S. to let Greece go it alone.
Will We End Up Like Greece? The Risks of the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
For years people have been running around Washington yelling that the United States was at risk of becoming Greece. There may actually be a basis for such concerns, but not for the reason usually given.
More Evidence 'Centrist' Solutions Can't Save Us
The Institute for New Economic Thinking shows how without a dramatic shift in policy, we'll be divided into a small minority with fabulous wealth and a permanent underclass with few hopes or prospects.
A Comment On Public Investment, Jobs And Dreams
The following things would employ tons of people, and bring a long-term economic return far above any “cost.” Why don't we do them? Because the status quo benefits a few extremely wealthy people.
We Need A Pro-Worker, Anti-Austerity Agenda
If we want to grow the overall economy, if we want to create jobs, we have to put money into the hands of working people. We do not do that by imposing more austerity on people who already desperately are hurting.
13 Questions: About Greece, Europe, Austerity – and Us
Every day brings more headlines in the European debt drama. What's behind it? What does the future hold? Are there any implications for the United States? Here's an overview of the situation as it currently stands.
California, 'State of Inequality': Series Tackles Growing Wealth Gap
The website Capital & Main launches a month-long expose on how rampant inequality in California is leaving nearly everyone behind. The series hopes to inform the national progressive movement for economic reform.
Needed: A Bold Left to Challenge Government Downsizing
We've accepted the downsizing of government without a struggle, and that needs to change. That means reclaiming the voice and spirit of an independent left, without fear or apology.
