Deregulation

More and more consumer-oriented contracts have clauses specifying that disputes must go to arbitration rather than our civil justice system. But 98.8% of arbitrations end in favor of the corporations.

Today marks the 40th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. If the United States makes progress in closing the black-white i...

Our regulatory systems and enforcement can always be improved. But let's be honest about what's really going on here.

There is a direct line from Milton Friedman's ascendancy in the 1970s to the debacle on Wall Street today.

Between toys that might kill our children, a food safety system that isn't working, airlines that might be flying unsafe airplanes, and our entire financial system, it's clear something isn't working.

It's time for Americans, myself, included to go on a twelve-step program. For spending.

The financial markets are reeling and the conservatives--and Republicans in general-- have a lot to answer for. It's time to call them out.

I is clear that deregulation has exceeded the "too much of a burden on business" argument. Instead, too little regulation has broken the economy.

Every year, the Heritage Foundation, in conjunction with the Wall Street Journal, dutifully churns out its annual Index of Economic Freedom, a ratings...

The current crisis is the predictable (and predicted) result of a massive U.S. housing bubble, which itself can be traced in part to global economic imbalances that could have been prevented.