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Size Matters, Particularly When It Comes To Jobs

By Robert Borosage
December 9, 2009

President Obama is sensibly focused on jobs, unveiling a new initiative Tuesday in the wake of last week's White House jobs summit. more »

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Obama’s Jobs Summit: Jobs Now, Deficits Later

By Eric Lotke
December 7, 2009

Last week’s job’s summit focused on the fierce urgency of now. And well it should, with 18 percent unemployment and underemployment. But Obama also seemed to understand how short term needs overlap with long term goals. There’s just one sticking point.

The short term need is obvious: jobs. more »

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Fixing Jobs: Normal Isn’t An Option

By Dave Johnson
December 2, 2009

The “Jobs Summit” is Thursday. Are they going to try to get things back to normal? I hope not!

“Normal” isn’t an option anymore, because it is what led to where we are. more »

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Bernanke Breaks the Law. His Own.

By Eric Lotke
November 30, 2009

Thursday December 3 is the date of both the President’s Jobs Summit and the reconfirmation hearing of Federal Reserve Chairman, Ben Bernanke. We should seize the opportunity to examine the statute that creates the Federal Reserve: more »

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The Problem With A Jobs Bill – And Everything Else

By Dave Johnson
November 18, 2009

The country needs a jobs program and needs it right now. Cash for Caulkers would be a good start. A new Civilian Conservation Corps would be another. But let's not allow a jobs program to cover over the need for real changes in the structure and core principles of our economy. more »

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What Chinese Currency Manipulation Looks Like

By Eric Lotke
November 12, 2009

As President Obama packs for China, I thought I’d draw him a picture of how China is manipulating its currency.
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Trade and Creating Jobs

By Dave Johnson
November 9, 2009

In the Wall Street Journal today, White House Hopes Trade Can Bolster Labor Market.

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Making It In America: Building The New Economy

Where We’re Going. How We’ll Get There.

By Eric Lotke and Armand Biroonak
Institute for America's Future
October 29th, 2009
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We can’t go back to the economy of the past—a high-consumption, low-wage economy based on asset bubbles and foreign borrowing. Our response to the current crisis must plant the seeds for the economy of the future. America needs an industrial policy to shape that future. From workforce development to component manufacture, we need a strategic collaboration between the private sector and the government to reach our shared national goals. This report makes the case for that policy and explains what should be the key elements. more »

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The New Red-Ink Scare

By Robert Borosage
October 28, 2009

We've got a new red scare. Forget Glenn Beck; the fear isn't that America is going red, it's that it is in the red. Conservatives in both parties are raising alarms about deficits and government spending. Well, get over it. If we are going to generate growth and shared prosperity out of the mess we are in, expanded public investment must be a centerpiece of the new economy.

In today's Washington, this verges on heresy. The chattering classes are raising a clamor about Obama's deficits. The growing fixation, fanned by conservatives in both parties, may well cripple any short-term recovery. Worse, the wrong-headed debate could well undermine the reforms vital to the new economy we need to build out of the ruins of the old.

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Where Will the Jobs Come From?

By Robert Borosage
October 21, 2009

They are popping the bubbly on Wall Street. Million-dollar bonuses, the Dow at 10,000, the casino is open again. Forget President Obama, who says we can't go back to an economy where finance pockets 40 percent of the profits. We're already headed there.

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