by Radhika Raman | Jun 8, 2012 | Blog, Financial Reform
Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., former CFTC chair Brooksley Born and others are none too happy about the 2013 financial services appropriations bill. President Obama had requested $308 million for the Commodities and Futures Trade Commission, an amount that House...
by Dave Johnson | Jun 8, 2012 | Blog, Economy
I attended a blogger meeting with Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) to talk about Americans for Tax Fairness, a coalition that has formed to help win the coming fight over the expiring Bush tax cuts. As you remember, two years ago the Republicans held unemployment...
by Terrance Heath | Jun 8, 2012 | Blog
Plenty of things have been bothering me in the wake of the Wisconsin recall election. But one that particularly "sticks in my craw" is what appears to be the developing conventional wisdom that recall elections should hardly ever happen, and are appropriate only in...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jun 8, 2012 | Blog
Perhaps the best strategy for avoiding having to settle for a bad "grand bargain" on the federal deficit that would shortchange the pillars of economic security for struggling households is to jump off the feared "fiscal cliff" at the end of the year and push Congress...
by Steven Capozzola | Jun 8, 2012 | Blog
We've reported frequently on the abusive labor practices and suicides at Apple's Foxconn factory in China. Essentially, Apple outsources the production of its iPad and iPhone to a massive labor facility in Chengdu, China. On the plus side for Apple, labor...
by Richard Eskow | Jun 8, 2012 | Blog
It sounds like hype to say it, but underwater homeowners can change the course of history. It's not me saying that - it's the numbers. People who owe more than their homes are worth have the power to become the a powerful new political and economic force. They've got...
