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A Comment On Public Investment, Jobs And Dreams
The following things would employ tons of people, and bring a long-term economic return far above any “cost.” Why don't we do them? Because the status quo benefits a few extremely wealthy people.
President Obama’s 2016 Budget Relatively Good on Social Security
The president proposed moving money into the Social Security disability fund and pledged to only support moves to "strengthen retirement security." Republicans were prepared to put millions of vulnerable Americans at risk.
Jobs Report: Decent News In Spite Of A GOP With Its Foot On The Brakes
Austerity policies have largely set the parameters of the policy debate over how to grow the economy for the past four years. We will need accelerated growth to sustain and build upon the gains that the economy has made.
Progressive Breakfast
Trade Deficit Raises Questions About Strategy Trade deficit could lead to downward revision of fourth quarter GDP. Reuters: "The government reported last week that G.D.P. expanded at a 2.6 percent annual rate, with trade estimated to have subtracted 1.02 percentage...
Enormous, Humongous Trade Deficits Widen, Further Exposing Failed Policy
The U.S. has run huge trade deficits for decades since the "free trade" ideology came to dominate. The world's economy needs honestly, democratically and transparently negotiated trade agreements.
Valentine's Day "Love and Justice March" In North Carolina
"We’re marching to revive the heart of North Carolina and the heart of politics," Rev. William J. Barber II says of a February 14 march that he is calling progressives from around the country to join.
Is This The End Of Education Austerity?
Recently, government officials and politicians – from the Beltway to the heartland – have declared allegiance to do what has been, up until now, the unmentionable: Spend more money on public education.
We Need A Pro-Worker, Anti-Austerity Agenda
If we want to grow the overall economy, if we want to create jobs, we have to put money into the hands of working people. We do not do that by imposing more austerity on people who already desperately are hurting.
Jeb Really Is a Bush
Jeb Bush's speech to the Detroit Economic Club pledging to close the "opportunity gap" is strikingly similar to George W. Bush's 1999 stump speech touting "compassionate conservatism."
Progressive Breakfast
Capital & Main Takes On Inequality California news site Capital & Main launches month-long series on "how economic inequality is transforming California, and what can be done to rebuild our vanishing middle class." Greece v. Europe Europe squeezes Greece. NYT:...
