by Sam Pizzigati | Aug 22, 2010 | Blog, Economy
The takeaway from the latest top gun flame-out at Hewlett-Packard: Chief executive 'success,' in America today, essentially demands no more than greed and a developmentally arrested ego. The tall tales we’ve inherited from ages long gone we call myths. The tall...
by Zach Carter | Aug 20, 2010 | Blog
Do today's economic conservatives actually want to live in a functional society, or are they striving for an economy that runs on Monopoly Money? NPR's Planet Money recently did a fun segment on the classic board game and its relationship to actual economics,...
by Richard Eskow | Aug 20, 2010 | Blog
Progressive bloggers were ready to have a "stroke" after Mike Allen from Politico reported that the Administration wants to take action on Social Security - action that's likely to include cuts. Many were relieved when Tim Fernholz of the American Prospect, who...
by Bill Scher | Aug 20, 2010 | Blog, Economy
Yesterday, I flagged the 12 Democratic Senators who, in addition to all 41 Republican Senators, have prevented Congress from using Econ 101 deficit spending to create jobs and spark a robust recovery. I'm sure some of these Senators are sincere and some are cynical....
by Bill Scher | Aug 19, 2010 | Blog
As we try to digest another bitter morsel of economic news -- higher numbers of unemployment insurance applications suggesting a return to job cutting -- the White House appears handcuffed from doing anything about it. And I can give you 53 reasons why. Reuters' Felix...
by Terrance Heath | Aug 18, 2010 | Blog
I'd started thinking that I was too hard on our power company last week, when I agreed with Gov. O'Malley that their service was less reliable than power in some Third World countries. I was starting to think maybe that was a bit hyperbolic. That is until I read the...
