by Richard Eskow | Aug 12, 2016 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
A new economic working paper reinforces an important reality: We need more government spending to repair the economy for millions of working Americans. Unfortunately, our political debate is being held back by an economic myth – one that has yet to be challenged in...
by Richard Eskow | Aug 9, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, Election 2016, Tax Reform
On Monday, Donald Trump talked about the economy on television for an hour. That may have exceeded the graduate-level curriculum at Trump University. But the biggest lesson I learned is that Trump contradicts himself more, and becomes more typically Republican, with...
by Richard Eskow | Aug 8, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, Economy, Election 2016
“I hear America singing,” Walt Whitman wrote, “the varied carols I hear.” Donald Trump hears America singing, too. But where Whitman heard men and women, masons and carpenters, Trump hears only the unvarying monotone of rich white males like himself. Trump’s...
by Richard Eskow | Aug 5, 2016 | Blog
Donald Trump's brain. It's an unusual instrument, and a frightening one, even in the best of circumstances. Now someone has "put a bird on it"- a lot of them, in fact. Here's what Trump said about wind power on Monday: "The wind kills all your birds. All your birds,...
by Richard Eskow | Aug 5, 2016 | Blog
The sense of panic among elite Republicans is palpable. They’re beginning to understand that when they look at Donald Trump they're staring into the orange-hued face of their party’s potential demise. The GOP defections to Team Hillary were already well underway by...
