by Dave Johnson | Sep 9, 2009 | Blog, Making it in America
President Obama faces a tough decision soon that will signal how his administration will tackle the problem of balancing our trade policies. This is the upcoming "Section 421 Tire Case" decision. Summary: American has been importing more and more tires from China...
by Robert Borosage | Sep 9, 2009 | Blog
At a delightful dinner party the other night, our host, a cosmopolitan man with interests ranging from water in California to Sufism in India, punctuated a brief complaint about the economy by noting, "And of course, I'm a nut on trade" (meaning an ardent...
by Sara Robinson | Sep 8, 2009 | Blog
There's emerging evidence to suggest that, as the legitimate advertisers disappear, Glenn Beck's TV show may be relying more and more on financial life support from rich right-wingers -- with plenty of extra help from us taxpayers -- to stay on the air. Media Matters...
by Dave Johnson | Sep 8, 2009 | Blog, Making it in America
At the recent Netroots Nation gathering in Pittsburgh bloggers toured the J. Edgar Thomson steel mill. I asked the plant manager about competitiveness. She said that labor costs are not a big factor in the cost competitiveness of Chinese steel; a major component of...
by Brian Dockstader | Sep 8, 2009 | Blog
I wrote last week about the absolutely shameful, shocking and appalling attacks from conservatives against President Obama in response to his plans to give students a back to school pep talk about the importance of education. I wrote at the time that the level of...
by Roger Hickey | Sep 8, 2009 | Blog
When President Obama speaks before the Congress on Wednesday night, he will tell the nation in more specific detail what he wants to do to make the health care system work for everyone. He’d had better pledge to make sure good health insurance is...
