by Sam Pizzigati | Apr 5, 2010 | Blog
Don’t be fooled by all the poor-mouthing around the latest annual executive pay surveys. With Washington dithering on CEO pay reform, chief execs still have plenty of reason to celebrate. The media heavy hitters have once again begun their annual spring deluge of...
by Dave Johnson | Apr 2, 2010 | Blog, Making it in America
What will it mean to American businesses if - I should say when - Chinese imports cost as much as they should cost? A currency and trade rebalancing is going to happen sooner or later because it has to. We can't run a trade deficit forever. If something is...
by Zach Carter | Apr 2, 2010 | Blog
I rarely accuse Paul Krugman of failing to think clearly, but he's missed the mark with his his argument against breaking up the U.S. too-big-to-fail financial oligarchy. Here's Krugman's core objection: Breaking up big banks wouldn't really solve our problems,...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Apr 2, 2010 | Blog
News reports today that California Attorney General Jerry Brown did not find cause to prosecute workers for the community group ACORN who were caught in a sting orchestrated by a conservative blogger are bittersweet, given that Thursday was the day that
by Terrance Heath | Apr 2, 2010 | Blog
OK. This is truly getting tiresome. I know the media is making an attempt to be "fair and balanced" in writing about the threats of violence against Democratic lawmakers after the passage of health care reform. Plenty of people have already addressed this,...
by Robert Borosage | Apr 2, 2010 | Blog
With pressure building on the administration to tell the truth on China’s currency manipulation, and a report required by law on April 15, the Chinese government demonstrated just how sophisticated it is about playing US politics. Setting aside the harsh rhetoric of...
