by Zach Carter | Sep 21, 2010 | Blog, Financial Reform
Over at bloggingheads, my CAF colleague Bill Scher discusses the new international banking standards with Conn Carroll, a conservative blogger for The Heritage Foundation. Carroll actually agrees with a lot of what I have to say about Basel III, but I he draws...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Sep 20, 2010 | Blog, Minimum Wage
What do you say to a person with a story like the one of suburban Seattle resident Patricia Reid, the unemployed 57-year-old profiled in The New York Times on Monday? ...[F]our years after losing her job she cannot, in her darkest moments, escape a nagging thought:...
by Dave Johnson | Sep 20, 2010 | Blog
President Obama, speaking to a CNBC town hall on the economy today, China 's currency is valued lower than market conditions would say it should be. That means they can sell stuff cheaper here, and our stuff, when we try to sell there, is more expensive. So it gives...
by Richard Eskow | Sep 20, 2010 | Blog
According to a flurry of headlines today, a panel of economists just announced that "the recession's over." Is that true? Yes. Does that mean we're no longer in a crisis, or that steps to fix the economy aren't as urgently needed as they were before? Absolutely not....
by Alan Jenkins | Sep 20, 2010 | Blog
Two new government reports illustrate the complex and troubling state of opportunity in America, but also the right way forward. The first set of data, by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, found that the gender pay gap is at a historic low, with women earning almost 83¢...
by Bill Scher | Sep 20, 2010 | Blog
Earlier today at presidential town hall hosted by CNBC, President Barack Obama called on Tea Party leader to offer more than anger: The challenge I think for the Tea Party movement is to identify specifically what you would do. It's not enough just to say, "get...
