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Tom Friedman, Globalization's Man in Madagascar
Thomas Friedman recently filed an editorial from, and about, Madagascar. In a new piece for Salon, we point out the flaws in his thinking - flaws that mirror his shortsighted and trend-infatuated view of the domestic economy. Friedman is an ideal exemplar of...
Let’s Sue the GOP
Americans of all political persuasions object to paying higher taxes to offset the cost of coddling corporate defectors. The GOP’s filibustering of this bill is dereliction of duty. So let’s sue.
Progressive Breakfast
Yes, Inequality Hurts Growth New report shows inequality slowing growth. AP: "The rising concentration of income among the top 1 percent of earners has contributed to S&P's cutting its growth estimates for the economy. In part because of the disparity, it...
The Fed Should Be Worrying About 'Miss Effy,' Not Inflation Ghosts
The inflation bogeyman is nowhere to be found, and the real thing that we should be fearing is the damage being caused by an economy with a labor market that has been too slack for too long.
Inside Our Profoundly Unequal ‘New Normal’
Wealth's current tilt to the top sometimes seems almost eternal. But can our economy ‘self-correct’? A provocative new paper out of the developed world's official research agency contemplates our tomorrow.
9 House Republicans Who Risked Their Seats By Voting To Deport DREAMers
Here are the Republicans who taken the risk of angering their Latino constituents and voting to make the young undocumenteds known as "DREAMers" newly susceptible to deportation.
More Proof Conservative Austerity Economics Is Holding Us Back
Conclusions by the New York Times' Neil Irwin about the reasons the economy "keeps underperforming" tie directly to what we've been saying about conservatives sabotaging the economy.
Progressive Breakfast
Obama Readies Executive Order... WH planning immigration executive order by "summer's end" reports W. Post: "Obama aides have discussed a range of options that could provide legal protections and work permits to a significant portion of the nation’s more than 11...
As Congress Adjourns, GOP Declares "Omission Accomplished"
It is a demonstration of what happens when people who are opposed to government are given positions of power within it and do not face a sufficiently eloquent and well-organized opposition.
Will Republicans Suffer Voter ID Backlash In North Carolina?
Restrictive voter ID laws failed to stop Barack Obama's re-election. In North Carolina, will they fail to stop Sen. Kay Hagan's re-election too?
