by Dave Johnson | Jul 15, 2014 | Blog, Trade
Going into last week's U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED) a key issue was China's ongoing currency manipulation. This matters. A February study by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) showed that China’s currency manipulation costs between 2.3 and...
by Richard Eskow | Jul 15, 2014 | Blog
The Justice Department's settlement with Citigroup was finally announced Monday. A $7 billion settlement against a too-big-to-fail bank? What’s not to love? We’ll answer that with another question: If the settlement that the Justice Department just negotiated with...
by Alan Jenkins | Jul 15, 2014 | Blog, Democracy
The U.S. Senate last week overwhelmingly confirmed San Antonio Mayor Juliàn Castro to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development. One of Castro’s first official acts as HUD Secretary should be to make concrete the Department’s duty to promote fair housing...
by Dave Johnson | Jul 15, 2014 | Blog, Tax Reform
You've been hearing a lot about corporations "renouncing their U.S. citizenship" through "tax inversions." This is when a company buys or merges with a non-U.S. company and claims to no longer be based in the U.S. to get out of paying certain taxes. The company does,...
by Dave Johnson | Jul 14, 2014 | Blog, Gender Justice, Health
There is a new "Not My Boss' Business" bill being introduced in the Senate to undo the damage done by the (older, Catholic males on the) Supreme Court in the Hobby Lobby decision. According to the National Women's Law Center, the Not My Boss' Business bill would...
by Roger Hickey | Jul 14, 2014 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
Barack Obama won the presidency in 2008 with a pledge to end the recession and then build a 21st-century, full-employment economy. His program: invest big time in America's transportation and energy infrastructure - and in education and training. Today, Americans...
