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In Troubled Times, the Federal Reserve Must Work for Everyone
Call it “qualitative,” rather than “quantitative,” easing. It would increase the money supply invested in the real-world economy to create jobs, lift wages and create broad economic growth.
Policy Proposals from #BlackLivesMatter
With the launch of Campaign Zero, the #BlackLivesMatter movement raises its political game with detailed policy solutions to end police violence that puts policy makers on notice.
The Wild Ride Gets Wilder – Only Government Spending Can Fix This
Companies are afraid to expand if no one is spending. The result is poor demand to guide the way to safe investment. But governments – the source of demand when people and companies are hunkered down – keep cutting back.
The Upsurge in Uncertain Work
As Labor Day looms, more Americans than ever don’t know how much they’ll be earning next week or even tomorrow. It’s the biggest change in the American workforce in over a century, and it’s happening at lightening speed.
President Trump's First 100 Days
The die-hard Trump fans who think he has magical abilities to transform Washington need only look at the last couple of celebrity blowhards who swept into office on a promise of radical change: Governors Ventura and Schwarzenegger.
Progressive Breakfast
Biden and Warren Buzz Vice-President Joe Biden meets with Sen. Elizabeth Warren, stoking speculation of presidential run. CNN: "Warren and Biden discussed economic policy during a meeting that lasted about two hours ... the biggest indication yet that Biden is feeling...
The Democrat/Republican Presidential Candidate Divide On Social Security
The differences between Democratic presidential candidates and most Republican candidates on Social Security -- and retirement security in general -- could emerge as a "sleeper issue" in the 2016 campaign.
Wingnut Week In Review: BatTrump
This week, Donald Trump gave the 2016 presidential election its best unofficial campaign slogan yet. Meanwhile, the Duggar family is proving harder to get rid of than a coldsore.
Martin O'Malley Offers Strong Plan To Expand Retirement Security
O'Malley's plan expands Social Security but goes beyond Social Security into savings, wages and long-term care. Sanders' earlier plan is similar but not as broad. Clinton has not yet offered a plan.
Which Republican Will Call Out Trump For Rationalizing This Hate Crime?
I have yet to hear a Republican candidate call Trump out by name for excusing a violent hate crime as the result of being "passionate." There is still time to do what's right.
