The Occupy movement brought key issues like economic inequality, Wall Street greed, and political corruption to the table. And we may have the GOP frontrunners to thank for keeping them there. Here’s a look at how the Battle of Newt and Mitt can help keep the OWS flame alive...

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You’d be hard-pressed to find a discipline that shapes our world more than economics, and yet none has weaker foundations or more misguided evangelists. The rise of economic guru du jour Adam Davidson, the co-founder of NPR’s “Planet Money” and columnist for the New York Times Magazine, is perhaps one...

Having been seen to twitch -- ever so slightly -- in the 2011 tidal wave of global protests, the vampire squid is stirring in its evil lair. Reports of sucking noises and new tentacles sprouting in every direction tell us that the global financial monster is poised to steal yet...

Last night, rumors began flying that the president would offer cuts to Social Security as part of a deal to raise the debt ceiling. The administration is now trying to stem the tide of outrage, suggesting that the President merely wants to "strengthen" Social Security. Never...

In the second part of his interview with ND20 Editor Lynn Parramore, Roosevelt Institute Senior Fellow Jeff Madrick talks about the core message of his new book, Age of Greed, and what happens now that our economic myths have been shattered. If you're in the New York...

Cross-posted from New Deal 2.0.

Roosevelt Institute Senior Fellow Jeff Madrick recently sat down with ND20 Editor Lynn Parramore to discuss his latest book, Age of Greed: The Triumph of Finance and the Decline of America, 1970 to the Present, which hits stands today....

Lynn Parramore caught up with Roosevelt Institute Senior Fellow Thomas Ferguson at the annual INET conference in Bretton Woods. Ferguson, father of the Investment Theory of Politics, explains why polarization has completely gripped Washington -- and why the New Deal is getting rolled back in the...

Recognizing Women's History Month, New Deal 2.0 tells the surprising story of how women became citizens -- and how their economic lives have evolved along with their rights. Lynn Parramore writes a letter to the GOP asking why it has made her body a battleground.

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Imagine that you've arrived at the local multiplex for a weekend flick. Popcorn in hand, you settle in to watch Matt Damon star in a new thriller as a young American soldier imprisoned by the government for blowing the whistle on crimes witnessed while serving in a foreign country.

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For years, American workers' wages have stagnated even as they produced more. Since 2008, they have been socked with staggering new bills for bank bailouts and hammered by a Great Recession brought on by the very same banks. Now public sector workers are confronted by a new crop of Republican...

Today, Washington's lawmakers began hearings on the massive fiscal problems the Great Recession dumped on American states and cities. The looming possibility of municipal defaults, which some say could total hundreds of billions of dollars, is causing grave concern. Hedge funds are also deeply concerned about America's municipal...

As President Obama gets ready for his second State of the Union address tonight, Roosevelt Institute Fellows have some suggestions for the priorities he should set to put the country on the right path -- economically, socially, and morally. This post originally appeared on New Deal 2.0.

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Today, President Obama welcomes Jeffrey Immelt to his White House inner circle as chair of a newly created jobs council after saying good-bye to economic adviser and Wall Street critic Paul Volcker, who is leaving after a two-year term. Is this good news for workers... or corporate executives? Our economic...

Today in the WSJ we catch a glimpse of the administration's stance on regulation, and it's not a pretty picture. There's some nice talk in Obama's op ed about the need to 'protect the public' from the predatory and dangerous practices of businesses, but the president tips his...

Wake County, North Carolina, is a place people like to live. People with ideas and energy. Folks from vastly different backgrounds. One of the most educated regions of the country, it boasts an excellent public school system where you can find superb schools in poor neighborhoods, and suburban schools where...

What does Obama's choice of Gene Sperling as his new top economic adviser mean? Roosevelt Institute fellows and New Deal 2.0 friends weigh in. This post originally appeared at New Deal 2.0.

Thomas Ferguson, Senior Fellow at the Roosevelt Institute and Professor of Political Science at U Mass,...

The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons. ~ Fyodor Dostoevsky

In the earliest days of our Republic, a group of well-meaning Philadelphia Quakers set out to reform the prison system. The idea was to remove convicts from the mayhem and corruption of overcrowded...

It's been a tough year, what with soaring unemployment, disasters both human-made and natural, and brutal political battles. So this Thanksgiving, I asked leading progressives: is there a silver lining to all of these storm clouds? Some found deep values, some found humor, but all found something important to think...

It was clear that cash was king in the midterm elections, so I spoke with Roosevelt Institute Senior Fellow Thomas Ferguson, the leading authority on money in politics. Our conversation covered what Nov. 2 said about Democrats, the problems with campaign finance, and where Wall Street's loyalties really...

Memo to David Brooks, whose sentimental, fact-free musings on working class Americans and how they rejected the Democrats graced the Opinion page of the New York Times today: Think that ordinary, hard-working folks have gone Republican? Think again.

The Wall Street Journal has posted some very...