Economics

Paul Tells It Like It Is: 'Wake Up Gentlemen'

Ernesto Tinajero 12-11-2009

Halliburton and the 'Resource Curse'

Elizabeth Palmberg 12-11-2009

Part I of an interview with David Ugolor, head of the African Network for Environment and Economic Justice.

A Ray of Light in the Foreclosure Crisis

Janis Bowdler 12-10-2009

Rediscovering Values: A Book I Didn't Plan to Write

Jim Wallis 12-10-2009

Guess Who's Getting a Christmas Bonus

Sheldon Good 12-10-2009

Do you think you'll get a Christmas bonus this year? I know one person who will -- the new chief executive who will take over for Ken Lewis at Bank of America.

How 'Scroogenomics' Is Saving My Christmas

Helen Lee 12-09-2009

Fired Up About Financial Reform

Jennifer Kottler 12-09-2009

I'm mad as hell, and I'm not going to take it anymore

In Praise of Christmas Materialism

Ernesto Tinajero 12-08-2009

Climate Justice Clips: Countdown to Copenhagen, Day 1

Jarrod McKenna 12-07-2009

Ok, so if Amos was to show up today and deliver his poetic-prophetix in the body of a skinny, pale spectacled, over educated English environmental analyst, he might look something like the amazing Danny Chivers. ...

Vulture Funds Feed on the Global Poor

Hayley Hathaway 12-07-2009

Liberia is the most recent country to fall into the talons of a "vulture fund." Last week, British courts ruled that Liberia has to pay $20 million to two vulture funds, Wall Capital Ltd. and Hamsah Investments, for a debt that dates back to 1978.

Dive!: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Dumpster Diving but Were Afraid to Ask

Ryan Rodrick Beiler 12-04-2009

A confession: When I first saw publicity for Dive! I forwarded it to my main dumpster diving partner with the subject line: "great." As in, "great, now dumpster diving will become more popular and we'll have more competition."

Make Your Wish List a Giving List

LaVonne Neff 12-04-2009

I have mixed feelings about wish lists. They rob Christmas of creativity, surprise, and personal contact, but they make shopping much, much easier.

Why Poverty Persists in a World of Wealth

Becky Garrison 12-03-2009

The forthcoming documentary The End of Poverty? opens with the question "Why does poverty persist in a world of growing wealth?" Through a seri

Fair Trade Christmas Lists and Links

Julie Clawson 11-30-2009

So the stores are playing Christmas music and down here in Texas the highs are only the 70s and 80s, so the holiday season must be upon us.

Can You Hear Them Now?

Elizabeth Palmberg 11-23-2009

When I went to hear a staged reading of Lynn Nottage's play "Ruined," about the price of the ongoing war in Congo, last week, I had a stronger than usual motive to be sure to turn off my cell phone

Biden on the Bailouts: 'Socialism for the Rich, and Capitalism for the poor'

Sheldon Good 11-18-2009

Joe Biden admitted last night on The Daily Show that the billions of dollars we've spent on big bank bailouts is "socialism for the rich, and capitalism for the poor." No kidding. There's been much consternation related to the bailout of Wall Street. And even though ...