by Isaiah J. Poole | Mar 7, 2011 | Blog, Economy
The Huffington Post's senior Washington correspondent Dan Froomkin today solves a mystery. Last year he launched a series, "America Needs Jobs," and promised 20 ideas that should be on the policy table for discussion. The ideas made for compelling reading, even though...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Mar 7, 2011 | Blog, Economy, Making it in America
Demanding bold solutions to today's jobs crisis.Read the series » Register for The Summit on Jobs & America's Future » At a time when the nation faces a lost decade of chronically high unemployment, you would think any serious proposal for putting people back to...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Mar 4, 2011 | Blog, Economy
Demanding bold solutions to today's jobs crisis.Read the series » Register for The Summit on Jobs & America's Future » This morning's jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics is somewhat encouraging news for job seekers, but it does not change what we've...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Mar 3, 2011 | Blog
In a fun-house mirror world in which Tea Party mad-hatters drive the agenda of at least one house of Congress, a Politico op-ed co-authored by former Bush cabinet member Tom Ridge and Peterson Foundation budget-cutting crusader David Walker is what passes for sane...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Mar 2, 2011 | Blog
It keeps getting recited as if it is holy writ: Public sector employees have better pay and benefits than private sector employees. And with that belief firmly planted in the public mind, private sector workers who have seen their own wages and benefits eroded...