by Dave Johnson | Mar 24, 2010 | Blog, Making it in America
The pressure from the huge Chinese currency imbalance shows up in surprising places. Even Chinese CEOs are calling for China to increase the value of its currency to market rates. China CEOs Join Obama in Supporting Yuan Appreciation Yang Yuanqing, chief executive...
by Robert Borosage | Mar 24, 2010 | Blog
House Republican leader John Boehner's final rant against health care reform, featuring the refrain of "hell no," aptly summarized the temper and the substance of the general Republican position as the run up to the fall elections begins. (Rumors that the normally...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 23, 2010 | Blog, Economy, Making it in America
Everyone knows that we have lost a lot of jobs to China since 2001. Now you can find out exactly how many, and where. The Alliance for American Manufacturing and Economic Policy Institute released a report today titled, “Unfair China Trade Costs Local Jobs” by EPI's...
by Bill Scher | Mar 23, 2010 | Blog
President Barack Obama has just signed into law comprehensive health care reform, expanding coverage to 32 million Americans, cutting the deficit by over $1 trillion, and codifying the principle that every American has the right to affordable health insurance. The...
by Sara Robinson | Mar 23, 2010 | Blog
President Obama's "no-brainer" suggestion that the government get back into the direct lending business has such obvious fiscal merit that you'd think it would melt the heart of the most obdurate conservative. But it's getting resistance anyway -- which is proof that...
by Alan Jenkins | Mar 23, 2010 | Blog
Last Sunday, as the health care bill was being debated, 200,000 Americans gathered on the National Mall to urge action on another national priority: fixing our broken immigration system. Speakers included civil rights leaders like Ben Jealous of the NAACP, faith...
