by Dave Johnson | Dec 18, 2014 | Blog, Trade
Again and again we are promised jobs and economy gains from trade deals. Instead we get job losses and trade deficits. Next year the giant multinationals are going to try to sell us another trade deal by promising jobs and prosperity. And they're going to push fast...
by Terrance Heath | Dec 17, 2014 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
Republicans finally have something to run on: fear. This week, it’s fear of Ebola. Of course, right-wing fear-mongers always leave out how conservatism made the Ebola crisis worse. Fox News contributor Stacey Dash called for the federal government to establish...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Dec 17, 2014 | Blog, Progressive Vision
Last month, CAF co-director Robert Borosage called on President Obama to normalize relations with Cuba as one of the steps he should take to "move good things forward" in the face of a Republican opposition bent on advancing destructive economic policies. Today,...
by Bernie Horn | Dec 17, 2014 | Blog, Progressive Vision
Over the next two years, Washington will be a horror show. The president and a minority of senators will try to minimize the destruction that extreme conservatives will attempt to inflict on our personal freedoms, basic economic security, and the American Dream. As...
by Dave Johnson | Dec 17, 2014 | Blog, Trade
It is worth examining how the process was rigged to push that budget deal through Congress over the weekend that contained Citibank-written derivative deregulation and all kinds of other goodies for the rich and powerful. That's because the "cromnibus" formula will be...
by Dean Baker | Dec 16, 2014 | Blog, Economy
With the holiday season upon us, the time for end of year lists is fast-approaching. To beat the rush, today I give my list of the top dead and enduring myths of 2014. The good news is that two myths that caused great confusion over the last several years are now...
