by Richard Eskow | Feb 9, 2015 | Blog, Economy
We have become a profoundly unequal society. That reality is explored in new detail in a recent study from the Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET). Even more importantly, the INET study shows that it will take a dramatic shift in policy to restore the...
by Terrance Heath | Feb 6, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism
This week, conservatives’ anti-science agenda blew up in their faces, Republican Aaron Schock landed in hot water for his interior design choices, and Bobby Jindal got an enlightening makeover. No Vaccine For Stupid It started innocently enough. Asked about a recent...
by Dave Johnson | Feb 6, 2015 | Blog, Economy, Making it in America, Trade
Alongside Friday's good employment data, there is a brouhaha on the Internets over claims that the government's employment numbers are a "big lie." Jim Clifton, Chairman and CEO of the Gallup polling company penned "The Big Lie: 5.6% Unemployment," claiming that "the...
by Dave Johnson | Feb 6, 2015 | Blog, Trade
In December the trade deficit in goods and services made its largest percentage jump in more than five years and the 2014 yearly total is its highest since 2012 – which begs the question: Why is the Obama administration doubling down on the failed trade policies of...
by Jeff Bryant | Feb 5, 2015 | Blog, Education
[From the Education Opportunity Network. Subscribe here.] Don't get too excited yet, but there are signs we may have finally turned a corner for the better in the war for public school financing. Recently, government officials and politicians – from the Beltway to the...
by Bill Scher | Feb 5, 2015 | Blog
"I love my brother. I think he’s been a great president," Jeb Bush said yesterday. Such sentiment should not pose political problems for the former Florida governor. That's simple familial courtesy. Most voters would cut Jeb plenty of slack. But voters will still want...
