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...
by Leo Gerard | Dec 15, 2008 | Blog
From sea to shining sea, America is suffering. She is, however, afflicted with an avoidable condition she brought on herself, like a hangover. Only this one's interminable and internationally contagious. She did it by choosing over the past 30 years to establish an...
by Sam Pizzigati | Dec 15, 2008 | Blog
Lawmakers opposing the automaker bailout have been insisting they stand on “free enterprise” principles. Companies in the private sector, these legislators pronounce, should not be begging the public sector for help. And if private enterprises should go...
by Alan Jenkins | Dec 15, 2008 | Blog
A new NBC/Wall Street Journal poll is getting a lot of attention for its finding that President-Elect Obama is getting a whopping 67% approval rating from the public. But another, less noticed, finding of that poll is even more important for the Obama administration,...
