LISA MASCARO and ZEKE MILLER / The Associated PressMar 10, 2020
The president, feeling pressure over outbreak and its financial fallout, meets with GOP allies who aren't inclined to spend more as of now. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
CHRISTOPHER RUGABER / The Associated PressSep 20, 2018
Although the Federal Reserve cites gains in Americans' net worth in the most recent quarter, the increases are disproportionately flowing to the richest one-tenth of the population. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
By Christopher Rugaber / APSep 27, 2017
In the period 2013-2016, the wealthiest households pulled even further ahead, worsening the nation’s massive disparities in wealth and income. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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By Ellen Brown / Web of DebtJun 12, 2017
Higher interest rates would triple the interest on the federal debt by 2026, would hurt workers and young voters and could bankrupt more than 20 percent of U.S. corporations. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigApr 13, 2016
Developing countries are continuing to struggle with the weak global economy. The bank said it expected to lend more than $150 billion in the four years from 2013 -- a period when global economic activity repeatedly failed to match expectations. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigOct 2, 2015
Employers added a mere 142,000 jobs in September, the Labor Department announced Friday, suggesting that the U.S. economy is losing momentum after a second month of lackluster growth. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
BLANKMay 24, 2015
The pay raise will benefit government and the city’s economy as a whole, researchers say. Those who rallied for this important change have helped many others while helping themselves. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Robert Reich / TruthdigMay 4, 2015
For the past quarter-century I’ve offered in articles, books, and lectures an explanation for why average working people in advanced nations like the United States have failed to gain ground and are under increasing economic stress. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )
Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigDec 23, 2014
Wealth inequality between whites and their black and Hispanic counterparts has reached its highest point since the late ’80s and early 2000s in the U.S. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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