Government & Politics

In a political system whose primary currency is not the vote but the dollar, McConnell’s role as leader has plainly been well-earned.

Experts are clear that working into old age often threatens the health and well-being of U.S. seniors.

Behind bogus promises of job creation and economic growth lies a dangerous agenda to shred social safety nets.

This year’s New Hampshire primary testifies to the disintegration of the Republican Party

Eric Laursen, author of The People’s Pension, explains to INET’s Lynn Parramore what’s at stake for Americans in a year of sneak attacks and misinformation.

Germany’s debt brake and EU fiscal rules will make it well neigh impossible for EU countries to fund the investments needed to decarbonize their economies.

In an exclusive interview, Benjamin Page discusses urgent reforms needed to tackle critical challenges, from undemocratic institutions to economic inequality.

Why did so many Dutch voters vote for the far-right Geert Wilders?

What sort of effective democratic political system does the United States want and need?

In accepting mass unemployment, post-communist governments and the democratic parties that constituted them removed the economic foundation for Poland’s democracy.

Mike Spence talks with Rob Johnson about his upcoming co-authored book “Permacrisis”, India and the G20, and bringing the world together to address our shared challenges.

On September 15, 2008, Lehman Brothers, a giant investment bank with a storied history, filed for bankruptcy. The shock was profound; world markets melted down.

By permitting business definitions of “efficiency” to leak over into the antitrust lexicon, antitrust scholars have done a great disservice

The bundle of sanctions was initially designed and imposed in haste, with little basis to assess historic performance.

In The Measure of Our Age, elder justice expert M.T. Connolly, who served as coordinator of the Department of Justice’s Elder Justice Initiative, offers both a warning and challenge: the systems we rely on to protect us as we age haven’t caught up to our longevity. Good news: we have the tools to build better ones.