Media, press, pundits and politicians in the US today keep hyping the US economy as doing well. We hear the US economy is growing nicely,…

Jack reviews the current condition of Japan’s economy, after 8 years of virtual perpetual recession despite record QE central bank injections, negative interest rates, and…

Concern for the health of the poor is one of the critical issues in development. Poverty cannot be defined solely in terms of low or…

Broad demographic shifts in marital status, educational attainment and employment have transformed the way young adults in the U.S. are living, and a new Pew…

Unconditional basic income, a policy option that seems radical by American standards, is gaining new traction across Europe, Canada, and even a few places in…

The International Monetary Fund’s “World Economic Outlook” (WEO), released Tuesday in advance of this week’s semiannual meetings in Washington of the IMF and World Bank,…

Interview with Odysseas Papadimitriou, CEO of CardHub, on their latest study examining the accelerating increase in credit card debt levels, why he thinks this is…

A majority of Americans—54 percent—oppose nuclear energy, a Gallup poll released Friday found. It marks the first time a majority in the country has felt this way…

One of the most effective ways to combat poverty among current and future generations is to maintain a full employment economy. The point should be…

The secret to success, we are sometimes told, is the power of positive thinking. In fact, there’s a famous book devoted to that idea called,…

Even Moody’s which is always late to the party with its warnings – but when it does warn, it’s a good idea to pay attention…

With the Walton billionaires doubling down [3] in their efforts to accelerate the charter school industry and with the Netflix CEO, Reed Hastings, throwing in $100 million [4] to…