Ralph Nader: The Contented Classes Must Rise Up, Too

Ralph Nader / Common Dreams May 10, 2019 If this country has any hope for a political revolution, the privileged must put marginalized people before their own personal comfort. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Robert Reich: America’s Economy Is Unsustainable

Robert Reich / Truthdig Apr 4, 2019 From 1979 to 2018, our nation's GDP nearly tripled in size. Yet virtually all of the gains have gone to those at the very top. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

The Global Economy Is a Time Bomb Waiting to Explode

Marshall Auerback / Independent Media Institute Mar 11, 2019 Did the world let the crisis of 2008 go to waste? At least one leading economist believes that we're about to find out the hard way. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

The Permanent Temp Economy

Louise Rubacky / Truthdig Jan 25, 2019 A chronicle of the rise of temporary work, from World War II to the present, shows how corporations maximize profit by dumping employees from payrolls. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

We Told You So

By James K. Galbraith, The Baffler May 19, 2012 Two months before the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008, a group of experts and I warned the Obama campaign about the likelihood of a global economic crisis. Not the slightest word came back. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Nouriel Roubini: Capitalism Must Be Saved From Itself

Staff / Truthdig Aug 15, 2011 Economist and New York University professor Nouriel Roubini explains that globalization, reckless lending and borrowing, and the redirection of income and wealth from industries dependent upon human labor and well-being to those composed mainly of capital (more). Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Financial Contagion and Other Ills

Staff / Truthdig Aug 8, 2011 Governments on both sides of the Atlantic are making the same blind, stupid, ideological error: trying to rescue faltering economies with spending cuts. It doesn't work, as John Maynard Keynes explained decades ago. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Wink-Wink, Nudge-Nudge: Karzai’s Alleged Drug Problem

Staff / Truthdig Apr 7, 2010 Peter Galbraith, the former U.N. envoy who claims he was fired for trying to confront the election fraud in Afghanistan, says of Hamid Karzai: “In fact, some of the palace insiders say that he has a certain fondness for some of Afghanistan’s most profitable exports.” (video after the jump) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Springtime for Kurdistan

Parag Khanna / Truthdig Aug 30, 2006 The semiautonomous northern region of Iraq is an island of relative stability in an ocean of turmoil. If America does not support Kurdistan's independence, we may well lose our best shot of having a desperately needed secular ally in the region. New America Foundation fellow Parag Khanna, just back from the area, reports. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )

Ambassador: Bush Didn’t Know Sunni From Shiite

Staff / Truthdig Aug 5, 2006 More inspiring news about our leader from Raw Story: "Former Ambassador to Croatia Peter Galbraith is claiming President George W. Bush was unaware that there were two major sects of Islam just two months before the President ordered troops to invade Iraq." Can't say we didn't see this coming. Remember Bush's infamous "World Leaders Pop Quiz"? (video) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )