by Steve Rouzer | Sep 14, 2016 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
In the midst of slow recovery, the U.S. Census Bureau's report Tuesday showing an uptick in household incomes is music to the ears of Main Street small business owners. The report documented the first increase in median household incomes since 2007, and a 1.2 percent...
by Bill Scher | Sep 14, 2016 | Blog
President Barack Obama recently sat with the New York Times to discuss his legacy on climate, and was asked about his failure to enact legislation to cap greenhouse emission. He responded: "Here, in 2016, we've actually achieved more carbon emissions [reduction] that...
by Dave Johnson | Sep 14, 2016 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
Wall Street, the multinational corporations and President Obama are pushing for a vote on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) in the "lame duck" session of Congress that follows the election. Wednesday, September 14, is a national call-in day to Congress to stop this....
by Leo Gerard | Sep 13, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
Donald Trump likes to brag on the campaign trail that he’s the best at bribing politicians. He said, for example, “When you give, they do whatever the hell you want them to do.” But then when he got caught giving and getting exactly what the hell he wanted, he...
by Richard Eskow | Sep 13, 2016 | Blog, Financial Reform
As the latest Wells Fargo scandal was breaking, the music world learned of the death of Prince Buster. He’s the Jamaican ska legend who made a record called “Al Capone” and sang “Enjoy yourself/it’s later than you think.” I wonder what he thought about Wall Street?...
by Sam Pizzigati | Sep 13, 2016 | Blog, Financial Reform, Jobs and Growth
Peter Drucker, the internationally acclaimed founder of modern management science, lived nearly a century. He died in 2006 at age 95. He died troubled. The Austrian-born Drucker had always considered management a noble calling, a profession essential to the common...
