by Richard Eskow | Aug 2, 2010 | Blog
There's a new undercurrent in Washington debate, an unstated drive to undo the bipartisan consensus that's governed American policy for a century. New pieces by Fareed Zakaria and Clive Crook merely reflect the new unspoken theme that's revealing itself in debates on...
by Zach Carter | Aug 2, 2010 | Blog, Economy
Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., is the Republican Party's latest effort at putting forward a credible economic ideologist. His recent interview with Ezra Klein reveals this effort as a complete failure. Ryan's views about the financial sector completely contradict his...
by Bill Scher | Aug 2, 2010 | Blog
The Senate is expected to vote today on providing $26 billion in aid to fiscally distressed states and cities. The vote is about many things. Jobs. Health care. Tax fairness. But it's not about the deficit. Why? Because Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has completely...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 2, 2010 | Blog, Economy, Minimum Wage
We, the People have fought hard to build and strengthen our democracy. We built up laws and institutions and protections. It has been a particularly hard fight to build a middle class with weekends off, good wages, worker protections and some degree of protection of...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 2, 2010 | Blog
Actually, the title kind of says it all, no? If we spend money on tax cuts, the next year we only have debt and pay interest on the debt. For a clear example, just look at the damage the Bush tax cuts have done to the country. They left behind worse than nothing -- we...
by Terrance Heath | Aug 2, 2010 | Blog
Even a stopped clock, the saying goes, is right twice a day. Taken figuratively, it means that even the people who have been most disastrously, abysmally wrong can occasionally get something damn near right. In that sense, former Fed chairman Alan Greenspan may be...
