by Dave Johnson | Jul 9, 2010 | Blog
I just talked to an old friend yesterday and got bad news. He was another programmer laid off in the dot com crash, in his late 40s at the time, so he hasn't been able to get anything since then except the odd short-term contracting gig. Certainly not anything that...
by Sara Robinson | Jul 9, 2010 | Blog, Rick Perlstein
What we need is a new Progressive Dictionary. This dawned on me last week when I spent 1,500 words trying to explain that, no, the word "bureaucrat" was not always a swear word that carries dark connotations of suspect parentage; and that yes, once upon a time, we...
by Robert Borosage | Jul 9, 2010 | Blog
The Washington Post's Neil Irwin today offers a good summary of foreboding reality: in the halting economic recovery, the global ec
by Dave Johnson | Jul 8, 2010 | Blog, Making it in America
In April Treasury Secretary Geithner sidestepped an official declaration that China is manipulating its currency by acknowledging that China "pegs" its currency and that this is harming the world-s economy, but put off a formal declaration of currency manipulation....
by Mary Bottari | Jul 8, 2010 | Blog, Financial Reform
You know that Wall Street reform bill pending in the Senate? Some last minute insertions add up to a surprisingly big win for the developing world. Oil Companies Required to Detail the Dough Paid to Foreign Governments First, kudos to Senators Dick Lugar (R-Indiana)...
by Eric Lotke | Jul 8, 2010 | Blog
The progressive movement that fueled Obama’s stunning 2008 election victory is out of work. Sure, lots of people are unemployed — but the demographic groups at the heart of the Obama coalition have been hit especially hard. That’s why it’s so bitter to watch Obama so...
