economy

Rana Foroohar the author of  Makers and Takers: The Rise of Finance and the Fall of American Business explains why Mitt Romney is wrong about who the real makers and takers are. The imbalance between the financial sector and “real businesses.” Why finance sectors half the size of ours in the us are bad signs for economies. […]
Jacob Hacker the Stanley B.Resor Professor of Political Science, Director of the Institute for Social and Policy Studies and author of American Amnesia: How the War on Government Led Us to Forget What Made America Prosper explains why America lost our historical understanding of the mixed economy. How regulation helps grow economies and produce better outcomes. Why […]
Harold A. Pollack a Professor at the School of Social Service Administration at the University of Chicago explains how to save the disability insurance program and journalist David Dayen tells us why the FED is on the verge of a big mistake. Members make the Majority Report possible. Please join us by becoming a MEMBER. You […]
Ann Lee a Professor of economics at New York University explains why the fundamentals of China’s economy are strong and why the worry about a imminent economic collapse in China are unfounded. How China is portrayed in the Presidential election. A defense of China’s currency policy. Whats motivating Chinese President Xi Jinping’s anti corruption drive? […]
Economist Mike Konczal explains, why we focus to much on the Lehman Brothers collapse when we talk about the financial crisis, the broader roots of the economic implosion, how Wall Street manipulates “stress tests”, why Wall Street fails and never pays a price, how the financial sector holds back American growth and innovation and why […]