by Nancy Altman | Oct 28, 2015 | Blog
Monday night, the Republican leadership agreed to release their hostages: the need to raise the debt limit, the need to keep the government operating, and the need to ensure that all Social Security disability benefits can continue to be paid in full and on time...
by Bill Scher | Oct 28, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, Economy
If one of the Republican candidates has the guts at tonight's debate, he or she will slam Texas Sen. Ted Cruz for letting President Obama win the budget battle. Two months ago I warned conservatives that "Cruz's Planned Parenthood Strategy Will Backfire." The math was...
by Robert Reich | Oct 27, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
Among the current crop of candidates for president of the United States, who exhibits leadership and who doesn’t? Leadership isn’t just the ability to attract followers. Otherwise some of the worst tyrants in history would be considered great leaders. They weren’t...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 27, 2015 | Blog, Election 2016, This Is The GOP, Trade
The US has an enormous, humongous and continuing trade deficit, caused by our trade policies. The trade deficit measures the loss of jobs, factories, industries and wealth from our economy. A continuing trade deficit also measures the loss of the "ecosystem" for...
by Lynne Stuart Parramore | Oct 27, 2015 | Blog, Economy, Progressive Vision
Mariana Mazzucato is a professor in the Economics of Innovation program at the Science Policy Research Unit of the University of Sussex. Her widely acclaimed book, The Entrepreneurial State: Debunking Public vs. Private Sector Myths, reveals the critical role that we,...
by Leo Gerard | Oct 27, 2015 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
As Vice President Joe Biden announced his decision last week not to run for President, he talked about dreams denied, possibilities foreclosed. He wasn’t speaking of his own aspirations, though. He conveyed absolutely no bitterness about relinquishing the potential to...
