by Robert Borosage | Jun 14, 2011 | Blog
Yesterday on MSNBC in a segment titled "Is Obama Too Focused On Wall Street," Robert Borosage responded to questions about the President's pursuit of campaign contributions from Wall Street, and if it necessarily has to impact our economic policy. Visit msnbc.com for...
by Bill Scher | Jun 14, 2011 | Blog, Economy
Tonight is the first Republican presidential debate with all the top contenders planning to attend. And there is only one question I want to see asked: Why didn't the Bush tax cuts create any jobs? Every candidate on tonight's debate stage not only continues to...
by Dave Johnson | Jun 14, 2011 | Blog
Today in Washington White House economic adviser Austan Goolsbee argued against efforts to boost the economy, saying that the jobs market "is on a trajectory of improvement." He was probably trying to evoke a reaction using the initials of the President's slogan...
by | Jun 14, 2011 | Blog, Economy
The sudden weakening of the economic recovery is now undermining even the stock market. As usual, however, Wall Street is worried about profits and a possible double-dip recession. But what the press and the Obama administration have not adequately taken up is how...
by | Jun 14, 2011 | Blog, Economy
Originally published on the SCEPA Blog The Federal Reserve's Ben Bernanke could not avoid admitting this week that the American economic recovery was faltering. GDP growth of less than 2 percent annualized in the fourth quarter was a severe disappointment....
by Robert Borosage | Jun 14, 2011 | Blog, Financial Reform
The following is an oped published in USA Today, rebutting the paper's editorial stance against additional stimulus. You can read the editorial board's case here. Twenty-five million people are in need of full-time work. This is a human, social and economic calamity;...
