by Dave Johnson | Dec 30, 2009 | Blog
America is fighting back against China's violations of trade agreements! Recently President Obama imposed tariffs following Chinese violations involving steel pipes and tires. (And jobs and factories are already starting to return.) Yesterday the U.S. imposed...
by Sam Pizzigati | Dec 30, 2009 | Blog
By every measure that matters, The Spirit Level helps us understand, relatively equal nations far outperform nations where income and wealth concentrate at the top. Many of us have read, over the past 12 months, a variety of books that address America's vast economic...
by Robert Borosage | Dec 30, 2009 | Blog
Health care reform suffered the torments of partisan obstruction. Now gird yourself for financial reform and the perils of bipartisan blight. In health care, lockstep Republican opposition caused months of delay, and empowered the likes of Connecticut's embittered...
by Alan Jenkins | Dec 29, 2009 | Blog
Ten New Year’s Resolutions for The Obama Administration In 2010: 1. I will inspire. I am one of the most charismatic orators of our generation, but as president, I’ve moved away from that critical element of my leadership. While my speech to the Muslim world in Cairo...
by Richard Eskow | Dec 29, 2009 | Blog
Conventional wisdom has it that print journalism (and its editorial columns) are dead. Tell it to Bob Herbert. His column lambasting the excise tax went viral today on both the left and right ends of the Internet spectrum, despite having originating in what some have...
by Dave Johnson | Dec 29, 2009 | Blog
Paul Krugman says Dean Baker is right, Dean Baker is right: it’s bizarre to report that Chinese officials are (a) worried about inflation and (b) determined not to let their currency appreciate without noting that these are contradictory policies.What Dean Baker wrote...
