by Bill Scher | May 11, 2010 | Blog
While it is doubtful that Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan shares Chief Justice John Roberts' conservative judicial activist approach to the Constitution, their backgrounds upon nomination are similar. Both are accomplished lawyers who graduated from Harvard to serve...
by Dave Johnson | May 10, 2010 | Blog
This is about jobs and the world's economy. China's currency manipulation gives goods made in China a huge price advantage -- some estimate as much as 40%! -- over goods made in other countries. It is a part (only a part) of the reason so many of our companies move...
by Zach Carter | May 10, 2010 | Blog, Financial Reform
Last week, Congress decided it would not confront Too Big To Fail, the single gravest threat to our collective financial security. But there are still several key Wall Street reforms worth fighting for—reforms that must be enacted before the next crisis hits. And...
by Richard Eskow | May 10, 2010 | Blog
There are basically two dimensions to the financial crisis. One is the way finance has evolved into a gambling operation that's fundamentally risky and fails to contribute to the real economy. The other is plain, old-fashioned greed - the kind that exploits the weak...
by Dave Johnson | May 10, 2010 | Blog
Have you noticed that there is a very odd logic around the DC Beltway deficit-cutting frenzy? Here is the basic argument: A) Things worked great back when taxes on the rich were high. We built up the infrastructure that made us prosperous, and we built up a middle...
by Alex Lawson | May 10, 2010 | Blog
Although best known as a retirement program, Social Security can provide substantial income to children and their families. Children receive Social Security benefits either directly or indirectly when a working parent dies, becomes disabled, or reaches retirement age....
