Corporate profits as a share of national income are at a 60-year high, while the compensation share is near a 50-year low. So what happens when market indexes can do perfectly fine without lifting the broader American public? Read More
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GOP’s debt ceiling threat must not stand
9:56 AM on 1/3/2013
Was this fiscal cliff deal a good one for progressives? It depends on what happens now. Read More
Corporate profits are up, but regular folks have been left behind
1:21 PM on 12/12/2012
The government's sale of the last of its AIG shares is the latest sign that the financial sector is back in the black. If only we'd put the same urgency into helping ordinary Americans. Read More
Why raising tax rates on the rich is the only fix for the fiscal cliff
12:12 PM on 11/27/2012
Does it matter whether we get new revenue through higher rates, as Obama wants, or base broadeners, as Republicans insist on? It does, and here 's why: Read More
Don’t vote based on Friday’s jobs number
12:14 PM on 11/1/2012
A very good or very bad jobs report Friday will by definition be an outlier. And judging a president’s performance based on one monthly jobs report is…how can I put this kindly?…freakin’ nuts! Read More
Romney’s secret tax plan doesn’t add up. So press him in the debate
4:25 PM on 10/15/2012
How freakin’ gullible do these guys think we are? Read More
Jack Welch should be ashamed of himself
5:59 PM on 10/5/2012
Jack Welch should be ashamed of himself. The BLS is an institution with tremendous integrity, and with very deep procedures and methods to ensure the most accurate, unbiased, and and confidential collection, analysis, and reporting of data known to this or any other country. Read More
