Romney touts the expansion of health coverage in Massachusetts as a great achievement, but he'd deny that same guarantee to millions of Americans.

Women are having an incredibly difficult time in the economy and have some specific questions for the candidates.

Commentary on current economic and financial news.

Commentary on current economic and financial news.

After two debates, progressives are left with more questions than answers about the fate of one of our most important social programs.

The large number of foreclosures is changing the nature of housing - and the election - in the United States

The large number of foreclosures is changing the nature of housing - and the election - in the United States

Unemployment is still painfully high, but states have cut back on the support so many working parents desperately need.

The dust-up that former General Electric CEO Jack Welch caused last week caught me by surprise. “Unbelievable jobs numbers..these Chicago guys will do anything..can’t debate so change numbers,” he tweeted. As America now knows, the unemployment rate fell last week to 7.8 percent, the first time it h...

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The unemployment rate’s drop to 7.8 percent, reported on Friday, marked the first time since 2009 the rate was below 8 percent. It’s fitting that the drop occurred shortly after someone wh

Two competing visions: it’s more then just the debate frame that the media chooses to use when describing how President Obama and Governor Romney see the role of government. Rarely has there been such a stark contrast between two candidates in how they view government’s broader purpose – and how tha...

Central banks on both sides of the Atlantic took extraordinary monetary-policy measures in September, sending stock markets soaring. But politicians – and markets – in both Europe and America are mistaken if they believe that monetary policy can restore economic growth and boost employment.

Commentary on current economic and financial news.

The debate was painful to watch. The effects are unclear but can’t be good for President Obama. I didn’t understand it, and I still don’t think the presidential campaign has grappled at all with the real issues of our economic future.

President Obama spent too much time picking apart the details of his opponent's plans instead of attacking the underlying philosophy as FDR did.

President Obama lost the dabate. A night’s bad sleep did not change my mind about that. But let’s be clear that, if more relaxed and clear, Romney was the same as ever. There is no new Romney. He dissimulated, did not address details, and refused to answer what few charges Obama brought up.

The media verdict is in: Romney won, Obama lost, and no one likes Jim Lehrer anymore. But for a debate that was abysmally moderated, it covered a lot of territory.

Romney's new cap on tax deductions, like his other policies, would transfer wealth to the wealthy and hit the young while shielding the elderly.

Women waiting at home with a freshly baked tray of cookies for their returning children and husbands are in decline, first ladies included.

If current internet access providers could get away with it, they'd sell nothing but specialized services and turn internet access into a dirt road. But the key barrier to competition is the high up-front costs of building fiber networks. While Google’s new 1-gigabit-per-second network for residence...

With domestic policy as the theme of Wednesday’s presidential debate, the Obama campaign is facing a weakening economy. The Commerce Department just reported that GDP grew at an annual rate of only 1.3 percent in the second quarter. Job growth has been tepid, with continued high unemployment and und...

Hanna Rosin’s new neon-covered book, The End of Men, just hit bookshelves and has already led to a slew of interviews and excerpt placements. The title may sound familiar: the book grew out of her Atlantic article of the same name. That piece came out at the height of the recession, when men were su...

"Waitress moms" have been hit hard by the economy and may be turning to the Democratic Party.

Instead of establishing a fair baseline for rich taxpayers, House Republicans want to let the rich chip in whatever they want.