by Leo Gerard | Oct 27, 2009 | Blog
We need to foment a new American industrial revolution. Specifically, we need a 21st-century burgeoning of green manufacturing in the United States. Americans going green – manufacturing windmills and solar cells – would benefit both the economy and...
by Bill Scher | Oct 26, 2009 | Blog
Today, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced he would submit a health care reform bill with a national public option that states could choose not to join. This is how democracy is supposed to work. The highest ranking member of Senate was able to hear the will...
by Tula Connell | Oct 26, 2009 | Blog
We often write about how China’s policy to devalue its currency, the yuan, has been a key factor in the U.S. trade deficit. It’s not an easy issue to grasp. But economist Paul Krugman devotes an entire column to explaining why China’s devalued...
by Roger Hickey | Oct 26, 2009 | Blog
“New Life for the Public Option” is the headline of Dan Balz’s excellent article in Sunday’s Washington Post. It’s not an accident that this powerful idea has made yet another comeback. And it is not surprising that public and...
by Sam Pizzigati | Oct 25, 2009 | Blog
The White House pay czar isn't reforming Wall Street. He's cutting deals with it. We need to understand the difference. Responsible people can do reckless things, most often when emotion clouds their better judgment — and no emotion probably clouds judgment any...
by Bill Scher | Oct 25, 2009 | Blog
On yesterday's The LiberalOasis Radio Show -- broadcast by WHMP -- OurFuture.org blogger Dave Johnson previewed the Oct. 29 Building The New Economy conference, outlining the economic challenges posed by a shrinking manufacturing base and an unfair trading regime, and...
