Joe Manchin already shot it down, so it’s moot, but there are far easier ways to tax the rich if the Democrats really want to.

Democrats in Congress want to pass a windfall profits tax and send the money to Americans via stimulus checks. Well—most Democrats, that is.

Sarah Bloom Raskin won’t be joining the central bank, thanks to Joe Manchin and the GOP. But the pressure on Fed Chair Jerome Powell from Democrats and climate activists will only grow.

We had it once, in the 1970s. Predicting its return is like predicting Japanese planes will again bomb Pearl Harbor.

High prices are likely to linger, but the worst thing Democrats up for reelection can do is to pretend the problem doesn’t exist.

Growing evidence suggests that businesses lack the ability to address worker dissatisfaction. Time to restore an old model.

Switzerland has imposed economic sanctions before, and over the past generation it has quietly embraced collective security.

Unlike in the last economic crisis, the government didn’t hesitate about spending money during the pandemic.

Germany’s striking move over the weekend is an example the United States must follow. It’s time to end the neoliberal free trade regime.

The president needs to remind people why his economic goals are popular—and then explain how accomplishing those goals will strengthen democracy at home and abroad.

Forget Russia’s tanks. Its economy is more vulnerable, and our economic sanctions are more potent, than we knew.

While the president acts to disrupt Russia’s supply chains, his administration attributes the deterioration of our own to the Middle Kingdom.

Thursday’s Senate Banking Committee confirmation hearing is shaping up to be a contentious fight over the Fed’s power to fight climate change.

Republicans who condemn the inflationary impact of Biden’s proposals won’t acknowledge the much more inflationary impact of confronting Russia over Ukraine.

It’s always been an illegal international cartel under U.S. law. Now would be a pretty good time to break it up.

How the division of labor within couples is stopping women getting equal pay at work

Paying tribute to the late economist who, with David Card, changed America’s mind about the minimum wage.

They really think this is a campaign issue for Republicans? Has any candidate—even one—ever lost an election because he voted to raise the debt limit?

They call it a $3.5 trillion spending bill. More accurately, it’s a $60 billion-a-year investment bill. Imagine how different the debate would be if the journalistic shorthand were that.

The Senate minority leader is happy to risk economic collapse if it helps the GOP in the midterm elections.