US Economy

A provocative and lively exploration of the increasingly important world of macroeconomics, by the author of the best-selling The Undercover Economist....

Our educated, skilled, and motivated middle class was the cornerstone of America's postwar economic might, but the country's dynamic core has struggled....

"This book is in part a detective story. After 9/11 I knew, if I needed further reinforcement, that we are living in a new world....

AlterNet editor Joshua Holland demolishes the Right's biggest and most outrageous myths about the economy....

Peter Georgescu arrived in this country as a penniless Romanian refugee and rose to become the CEO of Young & Rubicam....

How many times have we heard the old saw: “Capitalism has failed again” over the course of contemporary events? We heard it during the Great ...

Our daily lives have changed slowly but dramatically. Boundaries between leisure and work, public space and private space, and home and office have blurred and become permeable....

Twice in the early 21st century, the U.S. economy plunged into a recession due to the collapse of a financial bubble....

Critically acclaimed author Clyde Prestowitz reveals the shocking extent of the deterioration of American economic strength....

Economics impacts everyone's life, but most people take on faith what they read in the newspaper. Now, for anyone who doesn't know much about economics, noted economist Todd Buchholz explains it all....

White House Burning looks squarely at the burgeoning national debt and proposes to defuse its threat to our well-being....

For neoclassical economists, Homo economicus, or economic human, represents the ideal employee: an energetic worker bee that is a rational yet competitive decision-maker....

America's political and economic elite spent so long making such terrible decisions that they caused the collapse of 2008. So how can they continue down the same road? No one in charge wants to publicly acknowledge is that things are still pretty great for the people who run America.....

How can today's business leaders keep up with seismic geopolitical and economic shifts that include Brexit, inflation and the unseating...

Over and over, in subtle and not-so-subtle ways, we're told that we're on our own - "Here's a tax cut and a private account; now go fend for yourself."....

Economist and syndicated journalist Loretta Napoleoni argues that the world is undergoing rapid and unexpected great transformations fueled by what she calls rogue economics....

This updated and expanded edition of Are the Rich Necessary? is an ideal introduction to economics at a time when economics is on everyone's mind....

A guide to the occupation, The Occupy Handbook is a source for understanding why 1% of the people in America take almost a quarter of the nation's income....

The Little Big Number explores a possible road map for a future that advances quality of life rather than indiscriminate growth....

In Sub-Saharan Africa, financial inclusion has rapidly increased recently. This is primarily due to the development of innovative business models like agent banking and digital financial services....