Can America Handle a $30 Minimum Wage?

As the affordability crisis accelerates, workers around the country are pushing for minimum wage hikes that make the Fight for $15 look tame.

Trump’s Epic Loss on Tariffs Is Even Worse for Him Than You Think

The Supreme Court’s stunning invalidation of most of the president’s tariffs is another sign that Trumpist populist nationalism is in crisis.

How the Democrats Can Play Offense on Immigration

Typically, Democrats run for the hills when immigration comes up. But as two blue-state governors are showing, the winning play is actually to confront ICE and MAGA xenophobia head on.

What Taylor Swift Can Teach Us About Economics

Dr. Misty Heggeness explains how the pop star inspired her new book, Swiftynomics: How Women Mastermind and Redefine Our Economy.

What Trumpian Chaos Is Doing to the Dollar

One potential long-term casualty of continued political instability sown by the administration: America’s centrality to the international monetary system.

The Subtext of Trump’s Batshit Speech in Davos

The president’s walkback of his demands for Greenland were bracketed by more belligerence and bombast.

Trump’s Obsession With Real Estate Is Fueling a Ruinous Foreign Policy

He venerates ownership and believes in one-on-one dealmaking that results in winners and losers. But what’s good for him personally won’t be good for the country.

Is This Finally and Blessedly the End of the Larry Summers Era?

The guy has dispensed bad economic advice for 35 years and had more lives than a cat. Are the Epstein revelations finally the end of the line?

Trump Quietly Backtracks on Disastrous Grocery Tariffs

The president reversed course on some tariffs on items like beef—something his team promised not to do.

Trump’s Tariffs Might Have Gone Too Far Even for This Supreme Court

The justices have been friendly to the president, but on Wednesday a majority of them took a dim view of his claims to widespread power to impose tariffs on American importers.

Another Nobel Prize That Trump Will Never Win: Economics

While Trump lays waste to American universities, the new laureate says they’re vital to economic growth.

Here’s One Reason Democrats Are Struggling With the Working Class

Voters see them as focusing on the poor and needy rather than valuing hard work. But that can change.

The Shutdown Is Sparing Trump Some Bad Economic News

Job creation is probably worse than we know, but we can’t be sure without a new jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Democrats Look for a New Villain: The Groups or the Billionaires

The latest divide among the liberals bucking to define the party’s next big campaign: Should they take on the oligarchs, or take their money?

Everyone Is Going to Be Worse Off After Trump but the Rich: Report

A new study from the Center for American Progress contains some dire projections.

Americans Seem to Be Falling Out of Love With Capitalism

According to a new poll, positive views of the economic system have slipped since 2021.

Trump’s Tariff Losses Are a Moment of Reckoning for the Supreme Court

Will they follow their own precedents and rule against the president, or twist themselves in knots to give him yet another win?

Mainstream Media Indifferent to Massive Labor Day Protests

Thousands of people took to the streets Monday, but received comparatively little attention from the press.

Americans Have Lost Hope That Their Work Will Pay Off

A new economic poll shows the majority of people in Trump’s America have a pessimistic view of the future.

Chilling Report Shows How Trump Has Decimated Federal Workforce

The president has only been in office for seven months.

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