by Bill Scher | Apr 6, 2010 | Blog, Economy
When Congress returns from its recess on Monday, it won't have much time if it wants to create more jobs this year. Generally speaking, it takes about six months for increased public investment to make an impact on the economy. So if Congress passed major jobs...
by Dave Johnson | Apr 6, 2010 | Blog, Economy, Making it in America
The Obama administration appears to have backed off from pressuring China to revalue its currency, for now, likely in exchange for diplomatic concessions including helping to pressure Iran on nukes. Chinese currency revaluation is about jobs, because currently China...
by Zach Carter | Apr 6, 2010 | Blog
Robert Rubin and Chuck Prince ran the financial giant Citigroup in the years leading up to the Great Financial Crash of 2008. Together, their leadership proved so disastrous that the company was forced to beg for one of the largest bailouts in economic history. Under...
by Alan Jenkins | Apr 6, 2010 | Blog
Mossville, Louisiana is an historic African American community in the southwest part of the state. Like too many similar communities around the country, it is surrounded by 14 industrial facilities that release millions of pounds of toxic chemicals annually. Mossville...
by Richard Eskow | Apr 6, 2010 | Blog
Alan Greenspan testifies before the Angelides Commission on Wednesday. Without wishing him any personal ill will, let's hope he gets a grilling. We come not to bury Greenspan, but to ... well, actually we do come to bury him. For the greater good of all, he and the...
by Bill Scher | Apr 5, 2010 | Blog
While there is a constant drumbeat in the media about how President Obama's big spending agenda is turning off the electorate, the media generally fails to report that the signature items of his reform agenda -- health care, clean energy and financial reform --...
