by Richard Eskow | Dec 16, 2013 | Economy, Progressive Vision
It’s becoming increasingly clear that, at least politically, 2014 will be “The Year of Economic Populism.” Now the question is, who gets to decide what that really means? A couple of recent policy disagreements offered us glimpses of the debates that could shape...
by Richard Eskow | Dec 13, 2013 | Uncategorized
Our new piece for Salon.com is called "Don't Call Them Centrists." It addresses the media habit of referring to lobbying groups and politicians as 'centrist," even though those groups and individuals hold economic views that are far to the right of the public's. They...
by Richard Eskow | Dec 12, 2013 | Retirement Security
“When you are old and grey and full of sleep,” the William Butler Yeats poem begins, “And nodding by the fire …” Our culture has always been emotional – sentimental, even – about old age. So when did older people become The Enemy? Last week a judge ruled that Detroit...
by Richard Eskow | Dec 10, 2013 | Uncategorized
There will be time to review the budget deal which was just struck by congressional negotiators in more detail. To that end, the open windows on my computer show the latest labor statistics and economic trends. But the phrase that keeps coming to mind, especially when...
by Richard Eskow | Dec 8, 2013 | Progressive Vision
There was a big dust-up in the Democratic Party last week, triggered by a somewhat incoherent op-ed in the Wall Street Journal from the leaders of a Wall Street-funded "think tank"/lobbying group called Third Way. Many of the responses dealt with the op-ed's attack on...
