by Dave Johnson | Jun 26, 2010 | Blog
A letter-writer in my local paper today reaches the wrongest possible conclusion: Public, private workers live in different worlds The current issue of Time magazine includes a cover story on the increasing numbers of nearly bankrupt states and municipalities across...
by Dave Johnson | Jun 25, 2010 | Blog
As today's Progressive Breakfast points out, NYT news reports suggests move is for real, part of fundamental change in Chinese economy: "For years, Chinese leaders looked to the millions of poor workers from the country’s interior as the engine of a roaring export...
by Dave Johnson | Jun 24, 2010 | Blog
The deficit problem can be summed up very simply: the public thinks Obama's policies created a huge deficit. Never mind that it was Bush's deficit -- the public doesn't know that. This misunderstanding is leading Washington to take steps that will throw the economy...
by Dave Johnson | Jun 23, 2010 | Blog
American deregulated corporatism: Short-term profits for a very few at the expense of the rest of us. The Gulf oil spill is driving home the "expense of the rest of us" part of this equation. And the corporatist/conservative reaction to government's efforts to reign...
by Dave Johnson | Jun 22, 2010 | Blog
Over the weekend China announced a change in its currency policy. But is it for real? Or is it designed to head off Congressional action? So far China has pulled away the football. Their Central Bank was buying up dollars as usual to keep the currency from rising....
