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Greenspan's Testimony: Will the 'Maestro' Face the Music?
Alan Greenspan testifies before the Angelides Commission on Wednesday. Without wishing him any personal ill will, let's hope he gets a grilling. We come not to bury Greenspan, but to ... well, actually we do come to bury him. For the greater good of all, he and the...
NYT Still Won't Report Obama's Reform Agenda Would Cut Deficit
While there is a constant drumbeat in the media about how President Obama's big spending agenda is turning off the electorate, the media generally fails to report that the signature items of his reform agenda -- health care, clean energy and financial reform -- have
Social Security Works for Veterans
- Veterans and their families make up almost 40 percent of the adult Social Security beneficiary population, which means two out of every five either are veterans or reside with family members who are veterans * Nearly one out of every four adult Social Security...
Big Weekend News On China Currency Problem
While publicly saying that China is manipulating its currency -- a very big deal -- Treasury Secretary Geithner announced over the weekend the administration is getting around the problem of an April 15 deadline for declaring that China is a currency manipulator by...
None Dare Call It Sedition
Sedition: Crime of creating a revolt, disturbance, or violence against lawful civil authority with the intent to cause its overthrow or destruction -- Brittanica Concise Dictionary Well, finally. It's high time somebody had the guts to say the S-word -- sedition --...
Another Gangbuster Year for CEO Pay
Don’t be fooled by all the poor-mouthing around the latest annual executive pay surveys. With Washington dithering on CEO pay reform, chief execs still have plenty of reason to celebrate. The media heavy hitters have once again begun their annual spring deluge of...
Progressive Breakfast - 4/5/2010
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. ...But Will Dems Play Hardball?...
"Re-shoring," "On-shoring" and "Insourcing" - The Coming New Era Of American Manufacturing
What will it mean to American businesses if - I should say when - Chinese imports cost as much as they should cost? A currency and trade rebalancing is going to happen sooner or later because it has to. We can't run a trade deficit forever. If something is...
Paul Krugman is Wrong About the Big Banks
I rarely accuse Paul Krugman of failing to think clearly, but he's missed the mark with his his argument against breaking up the U.S. too-big-to-fail financial oligarchy. Here's Krugman's core objection: Breaking up big banks wouldn't really solve our problems,...
Rising From ACORN's Fall
News reports today that California Attorney General Jerry Brown did not find cause to prosecute workers for the community group ACORN who were caught in a sting orchestrated by a conservative blogger are bittersweet, given that Thursday was the day that
