by Richard Eskow | Mar 26, 2010 | Blog
Just when you thought you'd had enough of Goldman Sachs running things -- and running them into the ground -- along comes Meg Whitman. Most Californians know she's using her fortune to run for governor. They probably don't know that she was once on the board of...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 25, 2010 | Blog
Problem:: States shed government jobs as revenue plummets. Just last month: In Michigan, where the unemployment rate is 14.1 percent, the nation's highest, government jobs at all levels fell by 5,000. They accounted for one-third of the state's job losses....
by Leo Gerard | Mar 25, 2010 | Blog
When President Barack Obama signed the historic health insurance reform bill, he said it was, “Change we can believe in.” He noted that his party has sought reform for more than half a century. The effort began long before President Harry Truman recommended to...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 25, 2010 | Blog
Yesterday I wrote about Chinese CEOs calling for China to bring its currency up to market rates. Today Chinese economists are joining the call. Chinese economist Gong Shengli, in his book, China is Very Happy, calls for a strong yuan, "In order for China to survive...
by Richard Eskow | Mar 24, 2010 | Blog
Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner delivered a populist stemwinder of a speech the other day, bringing his rhetorical A-game with comments like these: "Listen less to those whose judgments brought us this crisis. Listen less to those who told us all they were the masters...
