Donald Trump Is Getting Off Easy

Paul Street / Truthdig Oct 17, 2019 Impeachment over UkraineGate won’t take care of the left's goals to end the criminal acceleration of ecocide and address rampant inequality. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

American History for Truthdiggers: FDR and His Deal for a Desperate Time

Maj. Danny Sjursen / Truthdig Dec 29, 2018 Our longest-serving president would leave a deep mark on the American psyche. But was he saint or villain, and what was his true legacy? Dig deeper ( 44 Min. Read )

The Pentagon’s Cunning Plot to Militarize the Economy

William D. Hartung / TomDispatch Nov 1, 2018 Under the guidance of adviser Peter Navarro, the Trump administration is conducting an elaborate trade war to serve a single purpose. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Not a Paying Customer? Go Shit Somewhere Else.

Scott Tucker / Truthdig Jun 2, 2018 Maybe on the streets, and good luck with the cops. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )

Yanis Varoufakis on the European Union’s Double Standards (Video)

Staff / Truthdig Dec 17, 2017 The former finance minister of Greece talks Keynesian economics and explains how Greece and Portugal are treated differently from Germany and other E.U. countries. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Neo-Liberal Austerity Keeps Europe Down

William Pfaff / Truthdig Aug 26, 2014 Given the current dismal state of the European Union economy, which is now firmly under German control, one must ask why Angela Merkel and her government continue to champion austerity, seemingly against all reason. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Foreclosure Filings Jump as Investors Eye Exits

By Mike Whitney, CounterPunch Feb 15, 2014 It’s too bad Keynes isn’t around today to see how the toxic combo of financial engineering, central bank liquidity and fraud have transformed the world’s biggest economy into a hobbled, crisis-prone invalid that’s unable to grow without giant doses of zero-rate heroin and mega-leverage crack cocaine. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

How a Couple of Austrians Messed Up Washington

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Feb 13, 2014 One of my favorite moments during the 2012 Republican presidential contest came when Ron Paul, fresh from his strong showing in Iowa, triumphantly told his supporters: "We're all Austrians now!" Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

J Is for Jubilee, K for Kleptocrats

By Michael Hudson Dec 28, 2013 Jubilee Year: In Judaic Law (Leviticus 25), a Clean Slate to be proclaimed every 50 years annulling personal and agrarian debts, liberating bond-servants to rejoin their families, and returning lands that had been alienated under economic duress. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: Ellen Brown

BLANK Aug 25, 2013 Ellen Brown is a major public intellectual and a tireless promoter of a tried and tested solution that may represent Americans' best chance at taking their society back from predatory bankers. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

The Anti-Economist: Misleading American History

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jan 29, 2013 By ignoring the historic role government played in enabling economic growth, the prevailing myths about how the U.S. became prosperous allow lawmakers, officials and lobbyists to craft policies that prevent the majority of Americans from taking their rightful share of the national wealth, Jeff Madrick writes in Harper’s Magazine. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Pick Paul Krugman, Mr. President

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jan 6, 2013 The Nobel Prize-winning economist and public advocate is at the top of every liberal’s wish list for President Obama’s second-term Cabinet appointments. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )