Robert Reich: The GOP Is Lying Through Its Teeth About the Deficit

Robert Reich / Truthdig Mar 14, 2019 Mitch McConnell can blame Social Security and Medicare all he wants, but Republican tax cuts are what's causing our debt to soar. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The New York Times Won’t Stop Pushing Crank Economics

Dean Baker / FAIR Feb 25, 2019 Despite a wealth of evidence to the contrary, both in Europe and the U.S., the Grey Lady continues to hold up austerity as a viable model. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Universal Basic Income Is Easier Than It Looks

Ellen Brown / Truthdig Dec 27, 2018 A program to provide adults with a steady paycheck can be funded without driving up taxes or prices. Here's how it might work. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

The Egregious Lie Americans Tell Themselves

Jacob Bacharach / Truthdig Nov 15, 2018 We choose to believe we’re living in the richest country in the world. Yet all available evidence suggests our wealth is largely an abstraction. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Fox in the Henhouse: Why Interest Rates Are Rising

Ellen Brown / Truthdig Apr 20, 2018 The Fed's proffered justifications for aggressively increasing interest rates and adding to government debt levels don’t pass the smell test. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

A Good Day on Wall Street Is a Bad Day for Most Americans

Lee Camp / Truthdig Feb 16, 2018 The U.S. economy is not based on health, happiness and life. It needs our death, misery and hardship in order to thrive. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Gender Equality Would Add 26%, or $28 Trillion, to Global GDP, Report Says

Roisin Davis / Truthdig Sep 26, 2015 A new report reveals that even though they make up half the population, women generate just 37 percent of world GDP. The potential gain from economic gender equality would roughly equal the U.S. and Chinese economies combined. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Economic Growth

Adam Zyglis, Cagle Cartoons, The Buffalo News Feb 9, 2015 Dig deeper

China Replaces U.S. as World’s Largest Economy, IMF Reports

Staff / Truthdig Oct 9, 2014 Has the era of American economic hegemony finally come to an end? Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

We Need to Raise Most People’s Wages to Grow the Economy for the Majority, Not the 1 Percent

Robert Reich / Truthdig Sep 29, 2014 Other cities and states should follow Seattle’s example. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

How Much Money to End Poverty in America?

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Sep 27, 2013 Just 1 percent of GDP -- or a fourth of what we spend on defense every year -- would lift every American below the poverty line up above it. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Economists Behind Discredited Austerity Study Lash Out at Paul Krugman

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig May 27, 2013 Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff, the Harvard economists whose influential pro-austerity study was recently exposed as being seriously flawed, have penned a scathing open letter to the New York Times columnist, who has been a major critic of their work and one of the leading voices in the anti-austerity movement. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )