Economics - The New American

Ben Carson Favors Raising Minimum Wage, But Is That a Good Idea?

Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson thinks the federal government should decide wages. ...

Steve Byas May 13, 2015

Fair Trade Advocates Pan Obama’s Nike Visit

Jack Kenny May 8, 2015

President Obama picked what appears to be an odd venue for a speech today promoting a pending trade agreement, the Trans-Pacific Partnership. ...

Corporate Globalists Hold Off-record Meeting With Congress Staffers on TPA

William F. Jasper May 7, 2015

Global Business Dialogue, a key corporatist lobbying group for so-called Free Trade agreements, is upping the pressure for passage of “Fast Track” Trade...

First-quarter GDP Report Is Awful

Bob Adelmann April 29, 2015

The new report by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) was stark: The economy stalled in the first quarter in every sector, with...

The 99%: Why Are They Barely Treading Water?

TNA Video April 23, 2015

VIDEO - Why are the 99% being left behind in the economy? Tom Eddlem investigates with his latest cover story for The New...

Tax Freedom Day Falls Later, Americans Spend More on Taxes Than Food, Clothing, Housing

Warren Mass April 7, 2015

Tax Freedom Day — the first day of the year in which Americans as a whole have theoretically earned enough income to pay...

Greece on the Verge of Default — Again

Charles Scaliger April 7, 2015

Greece is flirting once again with default and withdrawal from the eurozone — and this time, Greece's leaders may be serious. ...

Using Phony Job and Export Claims to Push TPP Fast Track

William F. Jasper March 24, 2015

The Peterson Institute has discredited itself repeatedly with promised benefits from NAFTA and other free trade agreements that failed spectacularly, but it is...