by Dave Johnson | Jun 19, 2014 | Blog, Trade
Another secret trade deal has leaked to WikiLeaks and it looks as if it is one more effort to lock into law the interests of certain already-huge corporations above the interests of governments, their citizens and potentially competing businesses. As with leaks from...
by Dave Johnson | Jun 18, 2014 | Blog, Trade
President Obama talked and took questions about manufacturing at TechShop Pittsburgh Tuesday. He touted his efforts to boost manufacturing and even showed off his DODOcase on his iPad because the DODOcase prototype was developed at a TechShop. The president's talk was...
by Dave Johnson | Jun 18, 2014 | Blog, Trade
Last week Treasury Secretary Jack Lew (D-CITI) gave a major address on the economy. (Transcript here, video here.) But the biggest fixable factor affecting jobs and the economy wasn't mentioned at all: the trade deficit. In fact, a Google search of "Jack Lew" and...
by Dave Johnson | Jun 17, 2014 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
Treasury Secretary Jack Lew (D-CITI) gave a major address on the economy last week at the New York Economic Club. (You can read the transcript orwatch the video.) He called the speech a "chance to discuss some of the challenges and opportunities we face." His speech...
by Dave Johnson | Jun 16, 2014 | Blog, Economy
Here are some depressing statistics: In 2013, CEOs of S&P 500 companies made 331 times as much as their employees. Your average American worker not in a supervisory role made $35,239, while the average CEO made $11.7 million, according to the AFL-CIO Executive...
