by Isaiah J. Poole | Apr 1, 2011 | Blog, Economy
Two steps forward, one step back. That's what we keep doing on the jobs front as long as we allow conservative budget austerity to drown out efforts to keep the jobs-producing machine revved up. The private sector generated a net increase of 230,000 jobs in March,...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Apr 1, 2011 | Blog
He said what? House Majority Leader Eric Cantor appears to have called for the eventual elimination of Social Security because it stands in the way of what "we" want America to be. Here's the quote, from NPR's "Morning Edition" today: I mean, just from the very notion...
by Sam Pizzigati | Apr 1, 2011 | Blog
In just seven years, the top annual pay for hedge fund managers has jumped from just over $1 billion to just shy of five times that total. The hedge fund industry’s trade journal has just released its annual figures for hedge fund manager earnings. The big...
by Terrance Heath | Mar 31, 2011 | Blog
"Dance with the one that brung you." It's an old saying, and an unwritten rule in politics: stick with the strategy and/or constituency that "brung you" to power, if you want to stay in power. Dance with the one that brung you, or you might not...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 31, 2011 | Blog
Why are Republicans forcing a government shutdown and doing other things aimed at blowing up the economy? The question isn’t “are they,” it is why are they? Their election strategy for 2010 was to obstruct everything and keep the economy from creating jobs, and then...
