Economics – Page 73 – People's World

Greece: A nation with its back to the wall?

May 31, 2011 By Emile Schepers

For Greece to thumb its nose at the international elites and win would set a precedent for many other nations.

Americans tire of “free market,” says poll

April 11, 2011 By Dan Margolis

Since the 2008 economic meltdown, Americans have changed the way they think about the free market economy and now, according to a new poll, are more skeptical of it than the people of even Communist Party-led...

Heartbreak at Bank of America

February 17, 2011 By Joelle Fishman

Bank of America got a Valentine's Day surprise with a picket line protesting the bank's receiving "unrequited love" in the form of tax breaks from the community.

“Inside Job”: Never steal anything small

December 7, 2010

The facts portrayed play like an action movie: the main culprits are the handful of investment banks that carried out the crime of the century.

The deficit trap

November 16, 2010 By Art Perlo

The deficit commission report is a poisonous prescription, likely to kill the patient while attempting to cure the symptom - budget deficit.