One of the great things about the economy is that it's quantifiable. You can measure stuff like gross domestic product and retail sales. But really…

If you lost your house unfairly in the last couple of years, you might see a silver lining in the next couple of weeks. There's a big legal…

David Brancaccio discusses some alternative economic indicators that may be under your radar — or even your clothes.

Studies reveal that multiple foreclosures in neighborhoods can cause increases in crime and health care costs.

Of all the hundreds of rules passed to prevent another financial crisis, the one regulators begin unveiling today is perhaps the most feared by t…

The LA Times recently blogged about the possibility of a Department of Happiness: Someday in the not-too-distant future, the U.S. departments…

I was down at Occupy Wall Street today, where Columbus Day could be felt in the increased quantity of school-age kids. (There was a "teach-in" ju…

As the protest enters it's fourth week, more and more people are heading down to Lower Manhattan to have a look for themselves at Occupy Wall…

These days, the activists Occupying Wall Street are all over the news, with high profile visitors ranging from Nobel Prize winning economist Jose…

It was only a matter of time before this happened: "The Big Bank," the musical. It's got foreclosures, an environmentalist and a whole lot of hand…