Global Markets Fall Sharply as Virus Cases Spread Past Asia

DAMIAN J. TROISE / The Associated Press Feb 24, 2020 The viral outbreak is threatening to crimp worldwide economic growth and hurt profits and revenue for a wide range of businesses. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Stocks Close Out Best Year Since 2013; S&P 500 Soars 28.9%

ALEX VEIGA / The Associated Press Dec 31, 2019 The three major indexes set more record highs than in 2018 and kept the longest bull market for stocks going. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Robert Reich: Billionaires Don’t Actually Like Capitalism

Robert Reich / Truthdig Nov 14, 2019 If America's oligarchs had any interest in preserving the country's economic system, they'd throw their support behind a wealth tax. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

There’s No Chance Corporate Elites Will Fix Inequality

Jim Hightower / OtherWords Sep 23, 2019 The CEOs of 181 union-busting, tax-cheating, polluting corporations are asking us to believe they stand with us in the fight against them. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Public Banking Revolution Is Upon Us

Ellen Brown / Truthdig Apr 17, 2019 California and Washington are in a race to form the nation's second state-owned bank, a century after the first was established. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Richard Wolff: The Next Economic Crisis Is Coming

Lee Camp / Truthdig Jan 15, 2019 "The capitalist system that we’re all part of has a downturn on average every four to seven years ... everybody knows it's coming." Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

China Looks to Defuse Trade Tensions, Asks U.S. for Talks

GERRY SHIH / The Associated Press Mar 3, 2018 The request comes amid international uproar over President Trump's announced plan to impost high tariffs on imported steel and aluminum. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Here’s a Health-Care Model for Bezos, Buffett and Dimon: Medicare

Marshall Auerback / AlterNet Feb 11, 2018 As the billionaires' firms plan a new entity to tackle the high costs of medical services, they should study the government program as an effective design. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Amazon, Buffett, JPMorgan to Form Health Care Company

TOM MURPHY / The Associated Press Jan 30, 2018 The aim of the new firm, which will be independent and “free from profit-making incentives and constraints,” is to help address their workers' health care costs. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Donald Trump Continues the Manipulation of Populism by ‘Swamping Up’ His Path to Power

Paul Street / Truthdig Dec 8, 2016 Beneath populist pretense and slander, the coming Trump presidency is shaping up as a great monument to the nation’s unelected dictatorship of money. The only real mystery is how far it will deliver on its reactionary promises. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Elizabeth Warren Demands Investigation Into President Obama’s Failure to Jail the Banksters

By Lauren McCauley / Common Dreams Sep 15, 2016 "I can think of no matter of 'intense public interest' about which 'the American people deserve the details' than the issue of what precisely happened to the criminal referrals that followed the 2008 crash." Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

AUDIO: Robert Scheer Speaks With Nomi Prins About the Connection Between Washington and Wall Street

BLANK Jun 2, 2016 In this week's “Scheer Intelligence”—the Truthdig editor in chief’s podcast on KCRW—author, journalist and former investment banker Nomi Prins explains the culture of Wall Street and its influence on government. Dig deeper ( 22 Min. Read )