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Underemployed And Didn't Have Health Insurance ...
I just talked to an old friend yesterday and got bad news. He was another programmer laid off in the dot com crash, in his late 40s at the time, so he hasn't been able to get anything since then except the odd short-term contracting gig. Certainly not anything that...
The Progressive Dictionary: In Defense of "Global" Solutions
What we need is a new Progressive Dictionary. This dawned on me last week when I spent 1,500 words trying to explain that, no, the word "bureaucrat" was not always a swear word that carries dark connotations of suspect parentage; and that yes, once upon a time, we...
Progressive Breakfast - 7/9/2010
Each morning, Bill Scher and Terrance Heath serve up what progressives need to affect change on the kitchen-table issues families face: jobs, health care, green energy, financial reform, affordable education and retirement security. WH Seeks To Defuse "Anti-Business"...
The Grip of the Old Economy II
The Washington Post's Neil Irwin today offers a good summary of foreboding reality: in the halting economic recovery, the global ec
After Saying China Manipulates Currency Treasury Dept. Declines To Say China Manipulates Currency
In April Treasury Secretary Geithner sidestepped an official declaration that China is manipulating its currency by acknowledging that China "pegs" its currency and that this is harming the world-s economy, but put off a formal declaration of currency manipulation....
Wall Street Reform Bill Yields Big Win for Little Countries
You know that Wall Street reform bill pending in the Senate? Some last minute insertions add up to a surprisingly big win for the developing world. Oil Companies Required to Detail the Dough Paid to Foreign Governments First, kudos to Senators Dick Lugar (R-Indiana)...
The Progressive Movement: Out of Work and Losing Hope
The progressive movement that fueled Obama’s stunning 2008 election victory is out of work. Sure, lots of people are unemployed — but the demographic groups at the heart of the Obama coalition have been hit especially hard. That’s why it’s so bitter to watch Obama so...
Progressive Breakfast - 7/8/2010
Each morning, Bill Scher and Terrance Heath serve up what progressives need to affect change on the kitchen-table issues families face: jobs, health care, green energy, financial reform, affordable education and retirement security. Scramble To Stimulate Something...
Fareed Zakaria's "Greedy Consumers" & Hive Mind CEOs
Fareed Zakaria is an interesting writer who says some sensible things, as when he called the intensity of the war in Afghanistan "disproportionate" to the threat. But he also reflects the biases and distorted perceptions of a punditocratic subculture that continues to...
The Grip of the Old Economy
President Obama touted his National Export Initiative this week, boasting that in the first quarter of this year, exports were up 17% from a year ago. Increased exports abroad generate jobs at home. Given the failure of the Senate to pass badly needed jobs bills, the...
