by Dave Johnson | Dec 8, 2014 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
Shouldn't it be a trade violation to threaten to move someone's job to another country? Shouldn't we negotiate trade agreements that increase people's wages on both sides of a trade border? These are the kinds of agreements we would make if We the People were...
by Robert Reich | Dec 8, 2014 | Blog, Economy, Financial Reform, Progressive Vision
In Washington’s coming budget battles, sacred cows like the tax deductions for home mortgage interest and charitable donations are likely to be on the table along with potential cuts to Social Security and Medicare. But no one on Capitol Hill believes Wall Street’s...
by Dean Baker | Dec 8, 2014 | Blog, Economy, Financial Reform
Sen. Elizabeth Warren kicked off a firestorm last month when she said that she would not support Antonio Weiss, President Barack Obama’s nominee to be undersecretary of the treasury. Her reason was that Weiss had made his career at Lazard, an asset management company...
by Bill Scher | Dec 8, 2014 | Blog
Updated January 18, 2017 .. with bonus 4th chart! The back-to-back Bush and Obama administrations allow us to easily compare the effectiveness of liberal and conservative economic policies. President George W. Bush's record is highlighted by tax cuts largely aimed at...
by Robert Borosage | Dec 8, 2014 | Blog, Progressive Vision
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders released an Economic Agenda for America last week, detailing 12 reforms to help make this economy work for working people once more. “The question of our time,” he said in a fiery speech, “is whether or not we are prepared to take on the...
by Dave Johnson | Dec 5, 2014 | Blog, Trans-Pacific Partnership
The Obama administration is negotiating a huge trade deal. The President promises CEOs he will go against his own party to push its passage. To get this done the corporations are pushing Congress to pass something called Fast Track -- a process that essentially...