by Terrance Heath | Dec 22, 2008 | Blog
This is a man's world But it wouldn't be nothing, nothing without a woman or a girl He's lost in the wilderness He's lost in bitterness ~ James Brown, "It's a Man's, Man's, Man's World" It's been written many times already that 2008 was quite a year for women. Whether...
by Terrance Heath | Dec 21, 2008 | Blog
So, we got punked on the bailout? Here's an idea to keep in mind for a condition on the next $350 billion installment. If banks want to reward their investment bankers with bonuses, I say let 'em. So long as they follow the Credit Suisse example. Kudos to Credit...
by Terrance Heath | Dec 19, 2008 | Blog, Minimum Wage
Every once in a while, an idea gels in my head and I dismiss it, thinking to myself "Nah. I gotta be missing something. It can't be that. And then I hear someone who probably knows a lot more than I do about the subject at hand say pretty much what I'd been thinking...
by Bill Scher | Dec 18, 2008 | Blog
As noted in yesterday's edition of Progressive Breakfast, Marc Ambinder recently laid out the conservative strategy to attack any economic recovery program: A trillion dollars worth of government spending over the course of a few years is a ripe target for...
by Bill Scher | Dec 17, 2008 | Blog
Earlier today, we at Institute for America's Future hosted a media conference call to release the new report from Prof. Jacob Hacker, "The Case for Public Plan Choice in National Health Reform." (Audio of the session is here) And ABC picked up on the big news:...
by Terrance Heath | Dec 17, 2008 | Blog
I'm not an economist. I've never studied economics, beyond reading The Complete Idiot's Guide to Economics about a year ago. I've read about derivatives, and had my mind blown by the concept of securitization and the idea that people not only sell debt, but chop it up...
