by Sara Robinson | Jan 8, 2009 | Blog, Economy
Here it is: our moment of economic truth. We're standing at that historic fork in the road where the nation decides, now and for the foreseeable future, whether it's going to hang on to the catastrophic assumptions of the free-market fundamentalists and rely once more...
by Eric Lotke | Jan 7, 2009 | Blog
Don’t fall for it. The Republicans are attacking President-elect Barack Obama’s nomination of Eric Holder as attorney general. There are “red flags,” says Senator Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, starting with the pardon of financier Marc Rich. Don’t fall for it. Losing the...
by Bill Scher | Jan 5, 2009 | Blog
Much of today's chatter centers on unofficial word from the Obama-Biden transition team that its economic recovery plan will include $300 billion in tax cuts. As the incoming administration is estimating th
by Sam Pizzigati | Jan 5, 2009 | Blog, Reagan Revolution
Our current economic meltdown may finally have ended the era that began when Ronald Reagan became President. Now a new study — from the Congressional Budget Office — helps us understand the inequality that has us melting. Two days before Christmas, with...
by Terrance Heath | Jan 2, 2009 | Blog
If you haven't seen it yet, check the episode schedule and make sure you don't miss the History Channel's "Crash: The Next Great Depression?". This one-hour special looks at the current economic meltdown in the US and compares and contrasts it with what led up to the...
