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Obamas Wrong Note on Foreclosures

As Election Day nears, President Obama is regaining his populist mojo. His State of the Union speech was mostly pitch perfect, evoking core American themes of opportunity and optimism, and calling for “an economy where everyone gets a fair shot, and everyone does...

The Bank Deal Ante Before The Cards Are Played

The bank settlement of $25 billion over three years from five major banks for robo-signing forgeries is being hailed in Washington and scoured by leading bank critics. It is hard not to be suspicious of any settlement that the banks would agree to. I’m reminded of...

Manufacturing On Planet Economus

Economist Christina Romer had an op-ed in the NY Times this weekend, Do Manufacturers Need Special Treatment? The question that keep coming back to me is why did she feel the need to write an op-ed to diss manufacturing? Is it just an economist thing? Or is she, like...

Professor Romer Needs Manufacturing 101

Christina D. Romer, the former chairwoman of President Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers, took U.S. manufacturing to task recently in a New York Times op-ed.  Headlined “Do Manufacturers Need Special Treatment?” Romer suggests that support for manufacturing...

Progressive Breakfast - 2/9/2012

Each morning, Bill Scher and Terrance Heath serve up what progressives need to effect change on the kitchen-table issues families face: jobs, health care, green energy, financial reform, affordable education and retirement security. MORNING MESSAGE: At CPAC,...

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