One recent media report is emblematic of the kinds of errors the press makes when it sees a chance to put pressure on a Black progressive mayor.

Red states, not blue ones, are seeing the biggest income gains. But it’s not for the reason Wall Street Journal editorialists think.

No, Covid didn’t reverse 40 years of growing economic inequality. Here’s what will.

There’s an appalling double standard in how the political press covers the Democrats and Republicans today.

To economics journalists, bad news is always just around the corner—especially when a Democrat is in the White House.

To everything, turn, turn, turn: Felicia and Michael wrap things up.

Thomas Piketty argues that it’s time to address global inequality—through radical changes in economic policy.

Yes, the deal he struck with Kevin McCarthy could have been worse. But its long-term implications are dire.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has created record profits for fossil fuel companies—and their CEOs.

Jay Powell? The Fed? Joe Biden? Congress? The one percent? No, no, no, no—and definitely no.

Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway explain how industry groups foisted free-market fundamentalism on the American public and demonized the alternatives.

While current produce rationing in the U.K. is more likely the result of poor planning, rationing in general has a rich and positive history. It could point the way to a fairer future.

The president’s war on the purveyors of junk fees is his most popular idea yet.

Why paying more for eggs could save us from another pandemic

The latest jobs report shows that while unemployment remains freakishly low, real wages are falling—thus shifting power back toward management.

Of course celebrities’ kids are more likely to become celebrities. What’s wrong with our society’s economic structure is different, and deeper.

There are now over 100 pilot programs nationwide offering families direct cash support.

In an interview with The New Republic, presidential adviser Anita Dunn laid out the contrast with Republicans the White House plans to offer over the next two years.

Last year was the year of legislation. This year is the year of making the changes stick and proving that public investment trumps neoliberalism.

It wasn’t great, but the 1970s did not return, and in 2023 the economic indicator we’ll be talking about will be unemployment.