As of today, the U.S. government’s current deficit and debt are indeed currently at unprecedented levels for peacetime—once we account for them appropriately.
The U.S. economy is set to go off the so-called “fiscal cliff” at midnight on December 31, 2012. What would go over the cliff is our hope of economic recovery. Read more »
A spate of attacks on public-sector pensions threatens to make inequality even more entrenched and painful, and to undermine economic growth. Read more »
An excerpt from Palast’s latest book, Billionaires & Ballot Bandits: How to Steal an Election in 9 Easy Steps—An investigation of Karl Rove, the Koch Gang and their Buck-Buddies. Read more »