by Dave Johnson | Sep 4, 2010 | Blog, Economy
The stimulus worked but was not enough. Here is the result: This is known as "the scariest jobs chart," from
by Isaiah J. Poole | Sep 1, 2010 | Blog, Economy
We now have hard evidence of what we have been seeing on an anecdotal basis as the anemic economic "recovery" continues to muddle forward: The workers who lost their jobs in the Great Recession are entering a job market in which the new jobs being created are at...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 27, 2010 | Blog, Economy
When we pack up a factory here -- and all of its jobs and supply chain and its support/.maintenance structure -- and send it all over there to a country that doesn't have the wage and safety and environmental protections we have, just to save a bit of money today we...
by Leo Gerard | Aug 25, 2010 | Blog, Economy
Glenn Beck made it official on Fox News last week: He’s seeking the office of 21st Century Marie Antoinette. The queen of France, beheaded during the revolution, attained infamy for insensitivity toward hungry peasants. Glenn Beck, the Fox talk show host, achieved...
by Sam Pizzigati | Aug 22, 2010 | Blog, Economy
The takeaway from the latest top gun flame-out at Hewlett-Packard: Chief executive 'success,' in America today, essentially demands no more than greed and a developmentally arrested ego. The tall tales we’ve inherited from ages long gone we call myths. The tall...
by Bill Scher | Aug 20, 2010 | Blog, Economy
Yesterday, I flagged the 12 Democratic Senators who, in addition to all 41 Republican Senators, have prevented Congress from using Econ 101 deficit spending to create jobs and spark a robust recovery. I'm sure some of these Senators are sincere and some are cynical....
