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,...
by Bill Scher | Dec 15, 2008 | Blog, Rick Perlstein
Progressive Breakfast is the morning roundup of what progressive movement members need to know to start the day. Obama May Invest $1T To Revitalize Economy Following the release of Institute for America's Future $900B, 2-year Main Street Recovery Plan as a "floor, not...
by Terrance Heath | Dec 12, 2008 | Blog
The winding down of the dark age of W feels like something like a long night's journey into day. (Apologies to Eugene O'Neill.) Granted, Republicans are doing everything they can on their way out to make sure the light at the end of the tunnel is indeed a train. (More...
