by Dave Johnson | Nov 13, 2011 | Blog
Haley Barbour articulated Republican economic thinking yesterday, saying "government sucks money out of the economy." Apparently he thinks it puts tax money under a big mattress. During yesterday's Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) -- America, Mississippi Governor and...
by Dave Johnson | Nov 13, 2011 | Blog
At the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) - America yesterday the AFL-CIO announced a $10 billion commitment to invest in America's infrastructure. This commitment puts labor’s money where their mouth is. This initiative will help create mechanisms to finance...
by Dave Johnson | Nov 13, 2011 | Blog, Economy
This week I travel to Chicago to cover CGI America, a special session of the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI). CGI America will bring together "business, government, and civic leaders to focus on economic recovery and job growth." I have covered several Clinton Global...
by Sam Pizzigati | Nov 12, 2011 | Blog
Another super-slick global financial analysis firm has just tallied how much net worth is sloshing around in the pockets of the world’s most spectacularly wealthy. So when will the time finally come to stop the counting — and start the taxing? In today’s astoundingly...
by Greg Colvin | Nov 11, 2011 | Blog
We’ve seen the signs and heard the chants: “Abolish Corporate Personhood!” I’m very sympathetic to the cause of reducing the power of big business corporations to control our government, our economy, our consumer culture, our society, and our lives. We can’t have...
by Jeff Bryant | Nov 11, 2011 | Blog, Education
With the collapse of the No Child Left Behind policy that has driven American education policy for at least the past decade, one would think that our nation's leaders would pause to consider the faulty thinking that brought this erroneous policy to life to begin with....
