by Dave Johnson | Feb 7, 2017 | Blog
The United States ran the most enormous, humongous trade deficit last year since 2012. The gap between our exports and imports widened by 0.4 percent to $502.3 billion in 2016, the Census Bureau reported today. The government also found that the trade deficit amounted...
by Dave Johnson | Feb 6, 2017 | Blog
The post-inauguration wave of protests is continuing and morphing. Over Super Bowl weekend, some of the biggest took place in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida and Roseville, California. Many of these protests are aimed...
by Dave Johnson | Feb 1, 2017 | Blog
Economic growth is slow, the trade deficit is too big, and these dots are connected. First, the stalling economy. As Wonkblog recently reported on what it called "a long period of tepid expansion under the Obama administration," GDP growth has averaged about 2.1...
by Dave Johnson | Jan 31, 2017 | Blog
As the CEO of the company that owns fast-food chains Carl's Jr and Hardee's, Andy Puzder has championed replacing human workers with robots and sexist advertising while racking up labor rights, health and safety violations. He's now on the brink of running a...
by Dave Johnson | Jan 30, 2017 | Blog
Friday was Holocaust Remembrance Day. As you may have heard, the White house marked the occasion with this statement: It is with a heavy heart and somber mind that we remember and honor the victims, survivors, heroes of the Holocaust. It is impossible to fully fathom...
