by Isaiah J. Poole | Jan 20, 2011 | Blog, Economy
In the much-buzzed-about Sunday New York Times Magazine article by Peter Baker on President Obama's search for an "exciting" jobs plan that could be offered in his State of the Union address next week, a White House adviser describes Obama as "really frustrated that...
by | Jan 19, 2011 | Blog, Economy
The debate about America’s future “begins and ends concretely with the question of jobs,” AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said this morning In a speech at the National Press Club in Washington outlining a working families’ vision for the nation. Trumka urged...
by Robert Borosage | Jan 18, 2011 | Blog, Economy
What is it about jobs that is hard to get? The new Republican congressional majority is railing about repealing health care and cutting spending. The president is wooing business and bankers. The punditry is focused on austerity and deficit reduction. But, as a...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jan 18, 2011 | Blog, Economy
There isn't much cause for gloating in today's unemployment report, with the number of jobs created during December—103,000—being lower than most analysts expected. But, more critically, we're not even treading water on creating a sufficient number of "breadwinning...
by Robert Borosage | Jan 18, 2011 | Blog, Economy
As Paul Krugman aptly summarizes, “recovery” is today's fool’s gold. Good news about the economy—higher holiday sales, lower unemployment filings—feeds a truly dangerous Beltway conventional wisdom: “We’re in recovery; now it is time to tighten our belts, cut...
by Terrance Heath | Jan 13, 2011 | Blog, Economy
In the aftermath of the tragic Tucson, AZ, shooting that left six dead, and Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D, AZ-8) hospitalized, much has been said and written about the degree to which incendiary rhetoric motivated the shooter. However, caustic rhetoric isn't the real...
