by Richard Eskow | Jun 5, 2014 | Blog, Financial Reform
The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve was created to represent the economic sectors and portions of our population most directly affected by the central bank’s actions. Instead, it's comprised almost entirely of economists and lawyers who are associated with...
by Dave Johnson | Jun 4, 2014 | Blog, Conservatism
When a government "contracts out" – privatizes – one of its services, that is supposed to save taxpayers money. A new study finds that privatization not only costs governments more than it saves, it has forced millions of people into lives of poverty. According to the...
by Jeff Bryant | Jun 4, 2014 | Blog, Education
In the education policy arena, the whole idea of "reform" has tended to be a pursuit from the top down – imposing standards and "accountability" from Washington, D.C. and state capitals and ramping up competitive providers with big money from private foundations and...
by Dave Johnson | Jun 4, 2014 | Blog, Trade
The Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Economic Analysis released the April trade figures this morning. The news is bad. The trade deficit measures how much more we buy from other countries than they buy from us. It is a way to measure loss of jobs, loss of factories,...
by Dave Johnson | Jun 4, 2014 | Blog, Health
Republicans in February filibustered a bill that would have given the Veterans Administration more resources to address delays at its health facilities. Then they whipped up one of their hysterical "scandals" over delays in care (that actually started under President...
by Richard Eskow | Jun 3, 2014 | Blog
Earlier today we had a wide-ranging conversation with Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio about the fight to expand Social Security and the social safety net. We began by discussing the bill Sen. Brown has co-sponsored , which would lift the payroll tax cap (which means...
