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How Much Unemployment Was Caused by Reinhart and Rogoff's Arithmetic Mistake?
That's the question millions will be asking when they see the new paper by my friends at the University of Massachusetts, Thomas Herndon, Michael Ash, and Robert Pollin. Herndon, Ash, and Pollin (HAP) corrected the spreadsheets of Carmen Reinhart and Ken Rogoff. They...
How Much Unemployment Was Caused by Reinhart and Rogoff's Arithmetic Mistake?
That's the question millions will be asking when they see the new paper by my friends at the University of Massachusetts, Thomas Herndon, Michael Ash, and Robert Pollin. Herndon, Ash, and Pollin (HAP) corrected the spreadsheets of Carmen Reinhart and Ken Rogoff. They...
Progressive Breakfast
MORNING MESSAGE: Sinking American Electorate - Unmarried Women On The Edge Page Gardner of Women’s Voices Women Vote Action Fund: "Composed of unmarried women, African Americans, Latinos, other people of color, and youth ages 18-29, the Rising American Electorate, or...
Progressive Breakfast
MORNING MESSAGE: Sinking American Electorate - Unmarried Women On The Edge Page Gardener of Women’s Voices Women Vote Action Fund: "Composed of unmarried women, African Americans, Latinos, other people of color, and youth ages 18-29, the Rising American Electorate, or...
Sinking American Electorate: Unmarried Women On The Edge
As millions of Americans raced to the post office this week to mail in their taxes, we were reminded that April is, indeed, the cruelest month. It’s cruel because the sagging economy continues to create economic hardships for working-class Americans — including the...
Sinking American Electorate: Unmarried Women On The Edge
As millions of Americans raced to the post office this week to mail in their taxes, we were reminded that April is, indeed, the cruelest month. It’s cruel because the sagging economy continues to create economic hardships for working-class Americans — including the...
A Middle-Class Anthem: Good-Paying Green Jobs
“Tell me I’m your national anthem.” That was the theme of the hundreds of environmentalists and labor union members gathered today at the BlueGreen Alliance’s annual conference in Washington. They wanted to remind President Obama and Congress that the middle class is...
A Middle-Class Anthem: Good-Paying Green Jobs
“Tell me I’m your national anthem.” That was the theme of the hundreds of environmentalists and labor union members gathered today at the BlueGreen Alliance’s annual conference in Washington. They wanted to remind President Obama and Congress that the middle class is...
FreedomWorks' Same Old, Stale Deal
The "rebranding" of the Republican party crashed headlong into reality again yesterday. The setting was Upper Senate Park on Capitol Hill. The occasion was a FreedomWorks' rally for the purpose of introducing what FreedomWorks is calling its "New Fair Deal." I was...
FreedomWorks' Same Old, Stale Deal
The "rebranding" of the Republican party crashed headlong into reality again yesterday. The setting was Upper Senate Park on Capitol Hill. The occasion was a FreedomWorks' rally for the purpose of introducing what FreedomWorks is calling its "New Fair Deal." I was...
