by | Aug 18, 2011 | Blog, Economy
Robert Reich will be a featured speaker at the Take Back the American Dream conference, convening in Washington D.C., from October 3 to 5. The following was originally published at RobertReich.com. The President is sounding like a fighter these days. He even says...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 15, 2011 | Blog, Economy
Here is everything you need to know about how to fix the deficits and jobs problems. This is a chart of job creation over the last few years: There is a report in Saturday's New York Times, "White House Debates Fight on Economy," saying the Obama administration is...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 9, 2011 | Blog, Economy
Rebuild The Dream As I wrote earlier in Ten Years Ago We Were Paying Off The Nation's Debt. But Then We Elected Obama., the The American Dream Movement is rolling out their Contract for the American Dream. The Tea-Party-fascinated press is largely ignoring this, but...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Aug 5, 2011 | Blog, Economy
Today's jobs report from the Labor Department should not be spun as positive, even though at a net increase of 117,000 jobs it is better than the Wall Street consensus. While the White House may breathe a sign of relief that the numbers were not lower, one fundamental...
by | Aug 4, 2011 | Blog, Economy
We said it first last week. Now, everyone is catching on: it’s (past) time for Congress and the Administration to pivot to a jobs agenda. While there are already pretty clear indications from recent polls that voters may forgive the gamesmanship on the debt ceiling,...
by Richard Eskow | Aug 2, 2011 | Blog, Economy
In the wake of a deal that included all the wrong things, today the President finally said all the right things. His agreement with the Republicans included no investment in economic growth, no job creation, no tax increases on the wealthy, no closing of corporate...
