by Dave Johnson | May 13, 2016 | Blog, Tax Reform
[fve]https://youtu.be/zu19u8aOoq8[/fve] When companies dodge taxes, it's not just the federal government that takes the hit; people, communities and entire regions pay, too. For example, Silicon Valley's tech companies create billionaires and magnificently reward the...
by Burning Issues Video | May 12, 2016 | Blog, Burning Issues, Defense/Foreign Policy
[fve]https://youtu.be/PGAcgHgmZMM[/fve] Critics of the nuclear deal with Iran have stepped up their opposition even though it is a clear success. Kate Gould of the Friends Committee on National Legislation, an expert on the Middle East policy, explains why now is the...
by Jeff Bryant | May 12, 2016 | Blog, Education
Last week was Teacher Appreciation Week. So some folks thought it might be a swell idea to ask teachers how "appreciated" they feel. The short answer? Not so much. Results of a wide-ranging new survey of 3,328 K-12 classroom teachers finds the nation's front-line...
by Dave Johnson | May 12, 2016 | Blog, Trade
Economists are still arguing over whether moving our jobs out of the country affects what the people still here get paid. Yes, really. For example, Jared Bernstein in The Washington Post looks at different studies of the effect of moving jobs out of the country. One...
by Damon Silvers | May 12, 2016 | Blog
Throughout the developed world, extreme right wing politics have surfaced in ways not seen since the Second World War. In Europe, parties of the far right have levels of public support that would have been unthinkable even a decade ago. In the United States, Donald...
by Dave Johnson | May 11, 2016 | Blog, Financial Reform
The Treasury Department released a new rule and several proposals last week that they said are intended to address the problem of corruption and dirty money in secret U.S. shell companies. A White House news release announced what it called "several important steps to...
