by Isaiah J. Poole | Jan 15, 2009 | Blog
Conservative leaders in the House have promised "innovative solutions" to help the Obama administration revive the economy, but what they actually offered on Thursday on Capitol Hill was the intellectual equivalent of well-used stuff put up for bid on eBay in a...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jan 14, 2009 | Blog
A new compelling argument for why the Obama administration, and progressives, should argue for a bold recovery program, and should not fear large deficits in the near term, was released this week in a paper by Center for American Progress senior fellow Scott Lilly....
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jan 9, 2009 | Blog
Let history be clear on one point when it comes to Bush's mismanagement of the economy: Since January 2001, the month George W. Bush took office, the number of unemployed people has increased more than 84 percent. That statistic is based on seasonally-adjusted data...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jan 8, 2009 | Blog
Today, President-elect Barack Obama laid out the framework for his economic recovery plan and made the case for why Congress must "move as quickly as possible on behalf of the American people" to get a recovery plan passed, "working weekends if necessary," he added,...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Dec 29, 2008 | Blog, Reagan Revolution
In every article assessing the roots of today's financial crisis, one theme stands out: As would-be Wall Street wizards came up with ever-more-fantastical strategies for making obscene profits, the guardians of the public trust either snoozed or egged them on. The...
