Every year, workers are cheated out of tens of billions of dollars of pay—more than larceny, robbery and burglary combined.
Robert Kuttner
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Are the Elites Catching Up with the People?
Inequality has at last arrived as the issue that mainstream politicians can’t ignore.
Posted inAmerica and the World
A Break In the Greek Tragedy
By calling the question on austerity, the Greeks have done the rest of Europe a huge service.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Politics of Gesture
None of Obama’s proposals will fundamentally change the distribution of wealth and power in America.
Posted inEducation in America
Obama’s State of the Union Preview Serves Up Pretty Weak Brew
Free college and discounted down payments sound great, until you unpack the specifics.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Meet Austerity’s Kissing Cousin: A Terrible Trade Deal
It is a mark of the delusion of Europe’s leaders that the E.U. is putting its chips on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Intrigue: Doth Chuck Schumer Protest Too Much When Called ‘Enabler’ of Bad Budget Deal?
 If Elizabeth Warren, the scourge of Wall Street, emerges as a rival to Schumer, close association with the big banks could prove even more toxic for him.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Movements for Racial Justice and Economic Justice Could Converge to Form a Powerhouse for Change
 What sort of policies—what sort of majority support in the country—can we imagine that will fix what is broken?
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
Carnage at The New Republic and Prospects for the Liberal Press
In today’s economy, newspapers and magazines run losses and the typical owner is more like a hobbyist—bored with just making money and attracted to the cachet and power that being a publisher brings. Â
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Low Oil Prices Are History’s Greatest Case of Market Failure
They price oil and gas based on current demand and supply, and not based on the costs to the planet in pollution, global climate change, sea level rise, and more.
