by Dave Johnson | Apr 28, 2010 | Blog
Yesterday I compared China's stimulus plan with our own. China made a major investment in public infrastructure but a key strategic part of that was that they focused on developing strategic industries. For example, because China's government has invested heavily...
by Sam Pizzigati | Apr 27, 2010 | Blog
The Great Recession, new research shows, has left wealth in the United States even more concentrated at America's economic summit. Average American households have been riding an economic roller coaster over the last quarter century. The stock market has boomed and...
by Zach Carter | Apr 27, 2010 | Blog
10:00 Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein won't appear before Levin's committee until this afternoon, but his written testimony is here: http://hsgac.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Files.View&FileStore_id=c5099cfc-f6f9-41cb-ad11-aac3dab82fe0 So is that of...
by Bill Scher | Apr 27, 2010 | Blog
Today at the Virtual Summit on Fiscal and Economic Responsibility for People Who Did Not Wreck the Economy hosted by Campaign for America's Future... Can We Have A Debate? Dean Baker sees the White House debt commission trying to impose a false consensus": These...
by Bill Scher | Apr 27, 2010 | Blog
This morning, the White House debt commission convened and largely presented a skewed picture of America's finances, with much scapegoating of Social Security and Medicare. This afternoon, Campaign for America's Future convened top economic experts to offer...
by Dave Johnson | Apr 27, 2010 | Blog
China and the United States have both engaged in economic stimulus plans. This provides an opportunity to compare, and hopefully to learn. China's stimulus brought them through the economic crisis, even as they lost some exports because of the slowdown. They made the...
