Who Can Be Blamed For the Recession Donald Trump Will Cause?
The smart money agrees: a recession is inevitable, quite possibly in the next year or two. We can’t blame Donald Trump…
After Trump's Tax Cuts, Companies Eliminated More Jobs Than They Created
One of President Trump’s major campaign promises, both in his original presidential campaign and during his midterm…
Researchers Who Said Raising Minimum Wage Was Bad For Workers Now Say It's Good, Actually
Last year, researchers at the University of Washington released an alarming study purporting to show that a minimum…
Staggering Number of Americans Can't Meet Basic Needs While Trump Brags About the Economy
A new study by the Urban Institute published Tuesday found that 40 percent of Americans can’t meet at least one basic…
Race? Economics? IT'S BOTH.
“Inequality,” particularly of the economic variety, can seem abstract. It sometimes fails to move us as much as it…
The Trump Administration Just Found a New Way to Hand Big Banks Even More Money
This piece is co-published with investigative reporting outlet Capital & Main.
Why Income Inequality in the US Is Way Worse Than in Europe
The 2018 World Inequality Report highlights just how much worse inequality is in the US compared to in Western Europe.…
The Two Bad Things That Haven't Happened Yet
Wow—yesterday was bad, politically speaking. In fact, the past year and a half has been bad, politically speaking. But…
ICE Is Keeping People in Immigration Jails for Longer and Longer
When you think of detention, you might get the sense that it’s something temporary, like after-school detention. But…
We're Talking About the Minimum Wage All Wrong
As the Fight for $15 movement has escalated over the past few years, winning higher minimum wage laws across the country
The Working Person's Guide to the Industry That Might Kill Your Company
Just like $2.5 trillion worth of companies around the world, the company publishing the story you are now reading is own…
Trump Picks a Cable News Scumbag to Be His Chief Economic Adviser
The Trump administration is reportedly set to announce that Larry Kudlow will replace Gary Cohn as the head of the…
Both Sides Agree That the Republican Tax Cut Was a Trillion-Dollar Lie
The Republican tax cut, which stands as the lone actual big legislative accomplishment of the Trump administration, was…
Capitalism Is Monopoly Is Ripping Us Off
Why has the investor class been getting richer for decades as the working class’s share of the pie grows smaller? One…
An Amazon Warehouse Won't Create Any New Jobs In Your Town
The slow collapse of traditional retailing is attributable to Amazon more than any other single company. We’re sad to…
American Markets Are Booming and American Babies Keep Dying
The United States is one of the wealthiest countries on earth. The small percentage of people who hoard that wealth are…
The "Vicious But Brilliant Exploitation" That Drives Right Wing Economics
This month, Thea Lee took over as president of the Economic Policy Institute, America’s premier left-wing economic…
How the Obama Administration Failed Black Homeowners
Before the 2008 economic recession hit, Prince George’s County was one of the wealthiest majority-black counties in…
Inequality Is Too Strong For Our Puny Governments
Given the fact that economic inequality has been rising for nearly four decades, it’s natural to assume that government…