Business & Economy

Indefensible Spending

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Jun 2, 2008 What should be the most important issue in this election is one that is rarely, if ever, addressed: Why is U.S. military spending at the highest point, in inflation-adjusted dollars, than at any time since the end of World War II? Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

A Welcome ‘Shareholder Democracy’

David Sirota / Truthdig May 23, 2008 This movement could be more critical than even presidential elections. One example: ExxonMobil stock owners could generate major steps in the area of renewable and alternative energy. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

How to Rule the World After Bush

By Mark Engler May 19, 2008 How has the Bush administration changed the world economically, and what it will mean for the next administration? Also, if Bush-style "imperial globalization" is rejected in January, what will American ruling elites try to turn to -- Clinton-style economic globalization? Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

‘A Walk to Beautiful’

Staff / Truthdig May 16, 2008 PBS has made the film "A Walk to Beautiful" available online. It's the extraordinary story of women who suffer for years from a preventable and treatable injury simply because they are poor. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Toward a New Washington Consensus

David Sirota / Truthdig May 16, 2008 What passes for smart economic policy is actually a set of right-wing globalization measures that destabilizes the world economy. For the sake of Americans and others, our politicians need to wise up. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Campaign ’08: Giving U.S. Health Care a Checkup

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig May 14, 2008 On May 5, the day before Barack Obama all but clinched the Democratic presidential nomination, I visited Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in Torrance, Calif., because I was sick -- sick of stories about the Rev. Jeremiah Wright and his most famous parishioner and of television close-ups of Obama drinking beer and Hillary Clinton belting straight shots in efforts to show their inner blue collars. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

War Inc.

Staff / Truthdig May 8, 2008 This corporate war is fictional. Any resemblance to a real privatized war, immoral or otherwise, is purely coincidental. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Greed 101 With Larry the Loophole

Staff / Truthdig May 7, 2008 Gee, it sure is hard sometimes to figure out exactly how the rich get richer in American society! Good thing there's Larry the Loophole, who hails from a politician dad and a lobbyist mom, to show us how buyout industry executives like Henry Kravis make gajillions of dollars (well, not gajillions, but so far this year Kravis has made over $33,205,800, with ol' Larry's help. As funny as it is scary, this animated short from Brave New Films breaks it all down. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Colbert and the Anti-Penny Crusader

Staff / Truthdig Apr 11, 2008 You may not have given the penny much thought, but it turns out that the least of our currency is essentially worthless and wastes Americans a surprising amount of money and time. Anti-penny advocate Jeff Gore would like to do away with the coin altogether -- and he has a plan. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Wal-Mart Videos

Staff / Truthdig Apr 10, 2008 Hillary Clinton has, for obvious reasons, tried to distance herself from her time on the board of Wal-Mart, the Arkansas company that, for many Democratic voters, emblematizes globalization and all those jobs that were shipped overseas that the candidates keep talking about. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Slap Down ‘Free Market’ Pirates

Joe Conason / Truthdig Mar 27, 2008 For years, District Attorney Robert Morgenthau has warned that the nexus of capitalism and criminality poses a serious threat to America. With Bear Stearns now in ruins, maybe we will listen to him. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Greed Is Not Good

Marie Cocco / Truthdig Mar 25, 2008 The housing crisis brings to mind Gordon Gekko, that fictitious ambassador of Wall Street whose words, then and now, remind us why uninhibited capitalism just doesn't work. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )