by Isaiah J. Poole | Oct 2, 2013 | Making it in America, Trans-Pacific Partnership
A legislative initiative could emerge soon that could address the race to the bottom fueled by free trade agreements that is harming workers in the United States and worldwide. The idea is to penalize countries and companies that engage in "social dumping" – the act...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Sep 23, 2013 | Making it in America, Trans-Pacific Partnership
Late last week a largely anonymous group of officials from several major world economies gathered in Washington, most likely in an office a short walk from the White House, to hammer out details of an agreement that is often described as "NAFTA on steroids." In other...
by Dave Johnson | Sep 17, 2013 | Making it in America, Trans-Pacific Partnership
The corporate push to get Congress to approve the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement is about to begin. Again and again we have been promised that these trade agreements "create jobs" and grow the economy. So do they? "Free-Trade" Claims Proponents of...
by Terrance Heath | Sep 5, 2013 | Economy, Making it in America, Minimum Wage
If you're like millions of Americans, Labor Day was an actual holiday. While you enjoyed a day off, Labor Day was just another workday for many of the low-wage workers who went on strike for livable wages in over 60 cities last week. According to a survey from...
by Dave Johnson | Sep 4, 2013 | Making it in America
The July trade report is out. Exports are rising, but imports are rising even more. So our vast, humongous, enormous, out-of-control trade deficit continues its upward trajectory, sucking more jobs and money from our economy. Our deficit with China, of course, is the...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 22, 2013 | Making it in America
We have to have things to sell to others to bring in the money to buy things from others. Detroit’s bankruptcy shows what happens when a country forgets that. I hosted a blogger call yesterday with Carl Pope and Scott Paul to discuss the new book ReMaking America. I...