by Richard Eskow | Mar 4, 2011 | Blog, Financial Reform
Let's begin with a multiple choice test. The United States of America is: a) a for-profit corporation; b) a family, like the typical American family in a 1960's sitcom; c) a nation -- with a national economy and nation-sized problems. If you answered "c," there's good...
by Steven Capozzola | Mar 4, 2011 | Blog, Minimum Wage
ABC World News has been running segments this week about the importance of buying American-made products. In addition to their reality-TV-style experiment of refurbishing a suburban Dallas home with only Made-in-USA goods, news anchor Diane Sawyer pointed out...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 4, 2011 | Blog, Economy
See if this sounds familiar. Get elected by promising jobs. But once in office push through tax cuts for the wealthy and their corporate masks, and cut jobs. Then use the resulting budget deficits and jobs crisis to whip up pubic panic. Finally, use that panic to push...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Mar 4, 2011 | Blog, Economy
Demanding bold solutions to today's jobs crisis.Read the series » Register for The Summit on Jobs & America's Future » This morning's jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics is somewhat encouraging news for job seekers, but it does not change what we've...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 4, 2011 | Blog, Economy
Robert Borosage says today's jobs report is "Treading Water." Isaiah Poole says "Treading Water—Barely." Robert Borosage, The February jobs report showing an increase of 192,000 jobs, with increased employment in virtually all sectors, provides welcome news. But don’t...
