by Richard Eskow | Sep 17, 2013 | Blog
Today, September 17, marks the second anniversary of the Occupy movement. When that movement is mentioned at all in Washington, which is rarely, the tone is dismissive. It didn’t have coherent goals, someone may say. The movement needed an electoral strategy, someone...
by Richard Eskow | Sep 12, 2013 | Conservatism, Shutdown
They're back – and they're more extreme than ever. GOP House leaders John Boehner and Eric Cantor are still pushing economic ideas disproved a century ago, peddling deep spending cuts that would inflict more misery on the already-beleaguered majority. But that's not...
by Richard Eskow | Sep 11, 2013 | Jobs and Growth
Five years after the financial crisis, it’s become increasingly apparent that the government didn’t rescue “the economy.” It rescued the wealthy, while doing far too little for everyone else. That didn’t happen by accident. Our government’s response was largely...
by Richard Eskow | Sep 10, 2013 | Blog
We’re in the midst of the worst employment crisis in modern memory. Lackluster jobs reports like last week’s should remind us that the crisis will last a long, long time unless we act. It would be tragic if superficial "improvements" created by discouraged workers...
by Richard Eskow | Sep 8, 2013 | Federal Reserve Chair, Financial Reform
The selection of the next Federal Reserve chair is no longer just a matter of policy or personnel. It has also become a test of the Obama administration’s ability to respond pragmatically when confronted with evidence that its preferred course of action would be...
