by Dave Johnson | Jan 9, 2012 | Blog
Last month I wrote about a bill before Congress that would both help fight the offshoring of call-center jobs and protect consumers. Now the countries where we have been sending those jobs are organizing a lobbying campaign to fight the bill. The Bill There is a...
by Dave Johnson | Jan 8, 2012 | Blog
After years of conciliation and one-way "bipartisanship," with Republicans refusing to meet even partway, the President got fed up. The President is finally taking the necessary steps to get the government up and running, doing government's job of protecting citizens...
by Dave Johnson | Jan 7, 2012 | Blog, Making it in America
One after another, the Republican presidential candidates have come out with strong statements that appear to show support for making things in America and revitalizing American manufacturing. This is because they can read polls and polls show that Americans...
by Sam Pizzigati | Jan 7, 2012 | Blog
Today's swaggering rich are increasingly stuffing their dollars into investments that do America's 99 percent not one whit of good. Your pop quiz for today: Define “art.” Wait, you don't need to panic here. You don’t need to go fumbling in the deep recesses of your...
by Roger Hickey | Jan 6, 2012 | Blog, Economy
Today's report of 200,000 jobs created in December means that the economy is barely growing at the rate needed to keep up with the growth of the labor force. Economists estimate that the U.S. will have to create more than 350,000 jobs per month – for the next three...
