Report: Financial System Change, Not Climate Change
How Banks and Investors Can Be Weaned Off Their Addiction to Fossil Fuels
Actually, Trump Loves Chinese Goods—So Long as they Make Him Richer
Trump rallied to save a major Chinese firm right in the middle of a trade war of his own making. Why?
How Those Trump-Kim Talks Might Go: A Transcript
Trump’s “art of the deal” is about to get its most high-profile test yet. The early prognosis is not good.
How Corporations Became Their CEOs’ Personal ATMs
For today’s top corporate executives, the contemporary corporation has become a personal ATM — with no limits on withdrawals.
Five Simple Ways We Can Fix Our Broken Economy
New book, Five Easy Theses, offers straightforward solutions to the nation’s most vexing problems.
Wall Street Bonuses Double Full-time Minimum Wage Worker Earnings
Wall Street bonuses totaled $25 billion in 2015 —double the combined annual earnings of all American full-time minimum wage workers.
Trump Takes on the World
Donald Trump’s not-so-veiled racism, crude economic populism, and male bravado make him the closest thing the U.S. has to an authentic European-style fascist.
Dubai’s Skyline Is a Monument to Oppression, Not Prosperity
Visual artist Arko Datto combines satellite images and text to paint a picture of migrant workers’ lives in the Arabian Peninsula — and his findings aren’t pretty.
It’s Time to Rein in Wall Street Pay
Five years after Dodd-Frank, we’re still waiting for Wall Street pay reforms.
Ecuador Puts Piketty Into Practice
This small South American country is taxing wealthy estates and distributing the proceeds directly to workers.
Off the Deep End: The Wall Street Bonus Pool and Low-Wage Workers
The financial industry’s 2014 bonuses were double the combined earnings of all Americans who work full-time at the federal minimum wage.
European Parliament Supports Robin Hood Tax in Landslide Vote
Yeas outnumbered nays by a margin of 6-to-1. The next step will be a vote in the European Council, which is likely to happen in early 2013.
Letter From Financial Industry Professionals in Support of Financial Transaction Taxes
As individuals with first-hand knowledge and significant experience in the financial industry, we urge you to introduce small financial transaction taxes (FTTs).
Does Corruption Create Poverty?
Bribery and sweetheart deals are a curse for democracy and civil society. But as columnist Walden Bello explains, corruption is not the principal cause of global poverty.
Multilateral Money
IMF’s SDR “currency” may be best tool to combat crisis in developing countries.