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Capitalism is not a self-regulating system and never has been.

Going back to 1952, consumer confidence has been a fair guide to presidential election outcomes.

Last week, the Obama administration unveiled new overtime regulations that would double the salary threshold that automatically entitles workers to overtime pay to $47,476.

A wildfire rages, displacing tens of thousands. Droughts ravage crops, leaving tens of millions hungry. An African nation sells off some of its famous wildlife. Bleaching harms stretches of the Great Barrier Reef. What's happening? El Niño.

Grit is passion and perseverance for long-term goals — essentially, the opposite of quitting. But is quitting ever a good thing?

Raising the minimum wage has not hurt anyone except the boogeyman in the imagination of the 1 percenters and their entourage.

First, of course, are the political implications. Second, these are millions upon millions of people who were voting against their pocketbooks. The third shock is more personal: my apparent over-reliance on the prediction markets, and on economists like Justin Wolfers who do as well.

Having been rejected by UK voters, the EU leadership is now intent on making them suffer. That’s not the sort of attitude that should determine economic policy, writes economist Dean Baker.

"Mainstream America" is a flawed, dangerous idea.

After reporting sexual harassment to his employer, a recent college grad was given an ultimatum: leave or stay.

Justice is often thwarted by layers of bureaucracy, reluctance of people to confess their mistakes and problems in communicating your problem to the right people.