by Robert Borosage | Feb 4, 2010 | Blog, Economy
We expect January’s unemployment numbers, to be released Friday, to show that while Wall Street bankers continue to thrive, American workers continue to suffer under a deep recession. The numbers should serve as a stark reminder to Congress that the time to act...
by Bill Scher | Feb 4, 2010 | Blog
One thing I learned watching the climate debate last year is: don't pick a fight with Joe Romm. For example, the Freakonomics boys had their reputation permanently sullied by the brilliant policy analysis and Climate Progress blogger after daring to play loose with...
by Dave Johnson | Feb 3, 2010 | Blog, Economy
Just one of the many conservative failures cost 1.4 million jobs, all by itself. And never mind how much borrowing it caused. In Macroeconomic effects of Chinese mercantilism, Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman took a look at how many jobs have been lost...
by Terrance Heath | Feb 3, 2010 | Blog
Listening to conservatives squawk about deficits is a bit like taking parenting and/or relationship advice from Medea, the Gosselins or "Octomom." At best, they serve as an example of what not to do. As it is with children, so it is with conservatives and deficits....
by Robert Borosage | Feb 3, 2010 | Blog
Rep. Donna Edwards (D-Md) and Rep. John Conyers (D-Mi) and chair of the House Judiciary Committee today introduced an amendment to the Constitution to overturn the Supreme Court's decision in Citizen's United that gave corporations the right to spend unlimited funds...
by Bill Scher | Feb 3, 2010 | Blog, Economy
The Senate leadership appears to be on the verge of proposing a jobs package significantly smaller than the $154B bill that has cleared the House, even though everybody agrees even the House bill is not big enough to reverse the 7 million jobs already lost in the...
