by Dave Johnson | May 26, 2010 | Blog
Astroturf is the term for manufacturing an artificial appearance of grassroots concern about an issue. The idea is to pump a bunch of money into a PR campaign that makes it look like there is public support for something, to either make politicians think the public...
by Robert Borosage | May 26, 2010 | Blog
Ben Bernanke Thinks We Are Idiots Or that we have the attention span of a tadpole. Or he mistakenly read a speech written in 2006 when Alan Greenspan was still the Maestro. In a speech in Tokyo yesterday, Federal Reserve Chair Bernanke warned that central banks must...
by Dave Johnson | May 26, 2010 | Blog, Economy
Some say that "government can't create jobs." Others respond "unemployed people can't create votes." Meanwhile, conservatives, whose policies put so many people out of work, now say unemployed people are lazy and should not be collecting unemployment benefits....
by Terrance Heath | May 25, 2010 | Blog, Economy
The change agenda at America's Future NOW!
by Dave Johnson | May 25, 2010 | Blog, China Currency Showdown, Making it in America
The US-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue has concluded. It is remarkable for two countries to engage in a dialog such as this, and efforts like this to constructively manage differences can both help keep conflict from arising and help both countries achieve...
by Richard Eskow | May 25, 2010 | Blog
If you have a yellow "Support Our Troops" sticker on your car - or even if you don't - you should know the name of the Senators who just traded in our troops, their families, and our military readiness for the easy cash offered by auto dealers. There's no rational...
