by Isaiah J. Poole | Feb 9, 2011 | Blog, Economy
To break the inside-the-Beltway consensus that a robust, government-led effort to lower the unemployment rate this year should not be on the table for legislative debate, the Campaign for America's Future this week announced that it is convening a "Summit on Jobs and...
by Dave Johnson | Feb 9, 2011 | Blog
I was looking for news reports about the "99ers" -- people unemployed for 99 weeks or more, and therefore unable to receive any unemployment benefits -- and noticed that almost no one is covering this. Mostly Examiner.com, MLive, "From the Trenches" and "RantRave."...
by Terrance Heath | Feb 9, 2011 | Blog, Reagan Revolution
"Now that he is safely dead, let us praise him." poet Carl Wendell Hines wrote of Martin Luther King Jr., after his assassination. Ronald Reagan has been "safely dead" for just under seven years, but the economic impact of his policies remain with...
by Richard Eskow | Feb 9, 2011 | Blog, Financial Reform
Here's an idea: Let's give hundreds of billions of dollars in government-backed guarantees to private banks so they can make a fortune writing mortgages without any risk to themselves. Hey, what could go wrong? The FCIC's recent report illustrated an important lesson...
by Sam Pizzigati | Feb 8, 2011 | Blog
If our business leaders spoke Norwegian, President Obama wouldn't have to beg them to do the right thing. A new report offers a fascinating window into the Scandinavian business mind. President Obama has opened 2011 preaching a new gospel: competitiveness. To succeed...
by Robert Borosage | Feb 8, 2011 | Blog
President Obama's visit to the Chamber of Commerce always seemed bizarre. Reaching out to the U.S. Chamber isn't like reaching out to business. Under the guidance of Tom Donohue, the Chamber has become less a business association than a right-wing lobby operation that...
