U.S. consumer confidence declined slightly this month as gas prices stayed high and inflation remained elevated, a sharp contrast to soaring stock prices that have neared record levels.

Entrepreneur and anti-inequality warrior Nick Hanauer has a vision of a fairer, more humanist system. All it takes to get there is to throw out everything that came before it.

Entrepreneur and anti-inequality warrior Nick Hanauer has a vision of a fairer, more humanist system. All it takes to get there is to throw out everything that came before it.

Minimum-wage increases were expected to kill jobs. The fact that they didn’t should make us rethink a lot of assumptions.

Key takeaways Many U.S. employers hire union avoidance consultants to keep their workers from organizing and bargaining for better pay and working conditions. We estimate that employers spend roughly ...

Progressives have been fighting on the neoliberals’ terms. Market Humanism flips that—and provides a winning and more humane narrative. Oh—and a far more prosperous country.

A living wage analyst challenges rosy claims about rising standard of living, and shows that for millions of Americans, their pay doesn’t cover the basics.

Minimum-wage increases were expected to kill jobs. The fact that they didn’t should make us rethink a lot of assumptions.

Can capitalism be saved? Is it worth saving? Two ambitious reformers argue yes—provided we change what a capitalist economy should achieve.

Can capitalism be saved? Is it worth saving? Two ambitious reformers argue yes—provided we change what a capitalist economy should achieve.

CNN’s poll, conducted by SSRS, finds a surge in people naming high prices and the cost of living as the top economic problem facing their own family.

Americans aren’t missing mortgage payments en masse — but they are increasingly worried they will.

Low wages are a key driver of the affordability crisis. These 20 firms pay poverty wages while enriching CEOs.

“The results are nowhere as dire as predicted,” Berkeley’s Michael Reich told Fortune.

Economic actions by Trump and his Republican allies in Congress have threatened the healthcare of tens of millions; widened economic inequality and ballooned the deficit by showering tax cuts on the wealthy and corporations.

Thousands of workers for JBS have gone on strike. It’s the first strike at a U.S. slaughterhouse since workers walked out at a Hormel plant in Minnesota in 1985

There have been so many economic harms caused by Trump and his fellow Republicans in Congress over the course of his first year back in power.

Trump's policies led to canceled investments and tens of thousands fewer jobs, a new report indicates.

There is no other country that has quite the equivalent of the American Dream. It's worth fighting for.

Why do we only talk about alleviating poverty, but not controlling runaway wealth?

In the first year of his second term, President Trump has actively made life less affordable for working people. Affordability has two sides—prices and pay. While public debate fixates on rising…

If you’re fed up with being robbed by Trump and the billionaire class, it’s time to do something about it.

Overall union density in the US ticked up slightly last year to 10%. This figure doesn’t account for Donald Trump's executive order last March that commanded agencies to ignore contracts and…

If you’re fed up with being robbed by Trump and the billionaire class, it’s time to do something about it.

Concerns about the affordability of education, housing, health care, having a family and retirement are driving economic anxieties, a New York Times/Siena poll found.