China Trip Verdict: Obama Was Schooled
OUR TAKE
Eric Lotke: "While Obama posed for photos on the Great Wall and talked about a relationship 'at an all-time high,' China continues to take our lunch money." Read more »
Scott Paul: "I'm completely underwhelmed with the results of the president's trip, especially with so much at stake." Read more »
AUDIO: The chair of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, Carolyn Bartholomew, and the president of the Economic Strategy Institute, Clyde Prestowitz, discuss the economic impact of Obama's trip and the policies we should push for. Listen »
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Possible Victory In Our Wind Turbine Fight
The Chinese-backed firm that was posed to get U.S. stimulus dollars to support Chinese wind turbine manufacturing has promised to build a U.S. plant.
Read our progress letter | Read our posts on the issue »
Our Making It In America project champions the revival of manufacturing as essential to rebuilding the economy.
What We Want From A White House Jobs Summit
The announcement of a White House jobs summit offers an opportunity to reset the political conversation on building an enduring recovery for the 17.5 percent of Americans who are unemployed and underemployed. It matters where that conversation starts: with congressional action to create jobs immediately and a long-term plan for public-investment-led growth, with the centerpiece being featuring a bold commitment to the transition to new energy.
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Building a Smart Grid, Smartly
October 27th, 2009
President Barack Obama announced today $3.4 billion in government grants to help build a "smart" electric grid. Like many Obama initiatives, it’s a smart first step. But much more is needed and one piece is rarely mentioned at all. more » How Government Won on Election Day
November 9th, 2009
Here's a story you may have missed because it flies in the face of the dreary conventional wisdom: When advocates of public programs take on the right-wing anti-government crowd directly, the government-haters lose. This is what happened in two statewide referendums last week that got buried under all of the attention paid to the governor's races in Virginia and New Jersey
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The Next Financial Crisis
September 9th, 2009
Our banks have gotten into the habit of needing to be rescued through repeated bailouts. During this crisis, Bernanke — while saving the financial system in the short term — has done nothing to break this long-term pattern; worse, he exacerbated it. As a result, unless real reform happens soon, we face the prospect of another bubble-bust-bailout cycle that will be even more dangerous than the one we’ve just been through.
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Ron Bloom named "manufacturing czar"
September 8th, 2009
Brief statement from Alliance for American Manufacturing (AAM) Executive Director Scott Paul on the naming of Ron Bloom as the Obama Administration’s Senior Counselor for Manufacturing Policy.
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The Jobs Agenda At The G-20 Summit
Did President Obama seize the opportunity at the G-20 summit to set a new foundation for job growth and fair trade? We examine the issues that preceded the summit and critique what it accomplished for American workers.
» Read Dave Johnson's blogs from the G-20 | Other G-20 blogs and commentary
» THE CONTEXT: Robert Borosage: It's not yet time to declare victory over the recession.
» G-20 PREVIEW REPORT: Lessons to Learn, Choices To Make | Blog by Eric Lotke
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Recovering to Death
September 9th, 2009
The unemployment rate is high and growing higher, nearing an official 10 percent. Since this recession began, 7 million Americans have lost their jobs. Why aren't 7 million of us "too big enough to fail"?
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Hard Labor
September 8th, 2009
On this Labor Day, about the best the Obama Administration could say (over and over again) is that the unemployment picture would be a lot worse without the Recovery Act. Sorry, that's not good enough. It won't be good enough for the Democrats to hold onto swing seats in next year's midterm election, or for President Obama to persuade increasingly skeptical voters that he represents a solution to economic woes.
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Banking Collapse Lands on America’s Schools
September 30th, 2008
One of the worst casualties of the Iraq war and the Wall Street failures is the U.S. public school system, which is central to the nation’s economic, intellectual and social health. With financial resources being consumed, education cuts are on the way.
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