by Dave Johnson | Apr 14, 2015 | Blog, Economy, Jobs and Growth, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
One state that gets it about "NAFTA-style" trade deals is Ohio. Factory after factory has closed, shipping jobs offshore, and leaving communities devastated. Now Fast Track and the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) are coming for the rest of the jobs, and Ohio is...
by Leo Gerard | Apr 14, 2015 | Blog
This is no plea for pity for corporate kingpins like Walmart and McDonald’s inundated by workers’ demands for living wages. Raises would, of course, cost these billion-dollar corporations something. More costly, though, is the price paid by minimum-wage workers who...
by Terrance Heath | Apr 14, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism
On Monday, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) became the latest politician to declare what anyone who’s paying attention already knew: He’s running for president. Rubio is likely to trip over his past before the race is over. [fve]https://youtu.be/SnpyOnS00lU[/fve] Rubio...
by Dave Johnson | Apr 14, 2015 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
The final fight to stop fast track begins this week. The new trade promotion authority ("fast track") bill could be released in the Senate at any moment. (It might be out by the time you read this.) Hatch and Wyden Poised to Introduce Bill With literally zero...
by Digby | Apr 13, 2015 | Blog, Populist Majority, Progressive Vision
I wrote a piece for Salon today about, what else, Hillary Clinton. The headline is harsh (I didn't write it) but I think the piece asks some fair questions: With the Big Announcement yesterday, Hillary Clinton officially entered the race that everyone assumes she’s...
by Dean Baker | Apr 13, 2015 | Blog, Economy, Jobs and Growth
The Labor Department reported the U.S. economy created 126,000 jobs in March. This was a sharp slowdown from the 290,000 average over the prior three months. This relatively weak jobs report led many economic analysts to comment that the economy may not be as strong...
