by Robert Borosage | Mar 31, 2010 | Blog, Economy
The economy is said to be recovering, but the people are not. The jobs are gone, and haven't started to come back. Twenty-five million people are in need of full-time work. Incomes are stagnant; more and more are losing health care. Even the uptick in jobs that will...
by Bill Scher | Mar 24, 2010 | Blog, Economy
The tripartisan trio of Senators John Kerry, Joe Lieberman and Lindsey Graham are busily shopping around a draft climate protection bill to their colleagues in hopes of securing 60 votes. Politico reports today that the current draft is "it’s chock-full of sweeteners...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 23, 2010 | Blog, Economy, Making it in America
Everyone knows that we have lost a lot of jobs to China since 2001. Now you can find out exactly how many, and where. The Alliance for American Manufacturing and Economic Policy Institute released a report today titled, “Unfair China Trade Costs Local Jobs” by EPI's...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 22, 2010 | Blog, Economy
Dot: No net job gains since 2000. 8 million jobs lost in the recession. Never mind jobs for the 86,000 new people entering the labor force every month... Dot: According to the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) “congested highways, overflowing sewers, and...
by Sam Pizzigati | Mar 22, 2010 | Blog, Economy
Local government elected leaders are claiming we have no alternative to king-size budget cuts. But their numbers don’t add up. You won’t find many suburbs in the United States more affluent than the burbs that ring Washington, D.C. In fact, six of the ten...
