‘We’ve Structured Our Economy to Redistribute a Massive Amount of Income Upward’

"We’ve basically structured our financial sector to rake off enormous amounts of money from the rest of the economy."

Scam the Rich: A Conversation With Novelist Marlowe Granados

On her new novel Happy Hour, con artists, and fiction that embraces joy.

Rashida Tlaib Corrects Jim Clyburn: '$3.5 Trillion Is the Floor'

Clyburn's remarks on the reconciliation package "could easily ruin negotiations and imperil the agenda," warned one observer.

Anger Mounts Over Democrats' Refusal to Address Jobless Aid Crisis

"This is a shocking dereliction of responsibility and every committee member should be ashamed."

Despite Manchin Roadblock, Schumer Vows 'Full Speed Ahead' on $3.5 Trillion Plan

"It's our intention to have every part of the Biden plan in a big and robust way."

Exxon-Tied Manchin Is Again Holding $3.5T Bill Hostage Over Climate Proposals

The senator with deep ties to Big Oil wants to apply means testing to key economic programs like universal preschool.

WGAE Tensions Reflect an Age-Old Clash of Labor Visions

What’s actually happening at the WGAE is an all-too-common struggle between industrial unionists and craft unionists.

'No Flexibility on the Price Tag,' Jayapal Says of $3.5 Trillion Bill

"If we don't deliver, then I think all of the people who came out and voted for Democrats to take control of the House, the Senate, and the White House are going to come out and say, 'that's it.'"

Opinion | Imagine Spending $8 Trillion to Rebuild a Society Instead of Destroying One

Imagine Spending $8 Trillion to Rebuild a Society Instead of Destroying One

Debt Doesn’t Go Away Just Because Senator Manchin and Others in Washington Choose Not to Think About It

Politicians in Washington tend to be a pretty arrogant group. They think they can just define their own terms and expect everyone else just to accept

The Fight for the Federal Reserve

The left is split on whether President Biden should reappoint Jerome Powell as Fed chair or replace him with someone more aggressive on climate change.

Tell the Bank of England you want a public money system

The Bank of England is considering launching a new form of digital public money. It’s opened a survey asking the public’s view and the deadline to respond is midnight on Tuesday 7th September. This is a rare and important opportunity. If thousands...

Les financiers sont-ils les nouveaux écologistes?

BLOGUE INVITÉ. Depuis un an, une série d’engagements inusités sont pris par le milieu financier pour protéger le climat.

US Labor's Future May Depend on Monetary and Fiscal Policy

Labor Day is a good time to reflect upon how American workers have been doing — especially the majority who have been left behind for most of the past 40

'Happy Labor Day Everyone!': Millions Lose Unemployment Aid on Worker Holiday

Anger and warnings of looming "calamity" for tens of millions as federal assistance programs for jobless Americans come to an end.

7 Wealthiest Americans Have Enough Wealth to Cover a Third of $3.5T Budget Plan

Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Page, Sergey Brin and Larry Ellison pay almost no income tax.

The Frontier is Closed: Capitalist and Constitutional Chickens Coming Home to Cancerous Roost

Millions of acres on the onetime US Western frontier are on fire, the natural and predictable outcome of the over-heating of the arid and now drought-plagued West by the reckless capitalist extraction and burning of fossil fuels. The evacuation of...