by Sam Pizzigati | Dec 13, 2009 | Blog, Economy
AOL and Time Warner split, Comcast and NBC join. The merger merry-go-round continues to spin. Investment bankers and corporate execs get the brass ring. The rest of us get pink slips and higher prices. What may be the dumbest corporate merger of all time — the...
by Eric Lotke | Dec 11, 2009 | Blog, Economy
Conservatives are using the economic crisis to push through their favorite tricks. The latest trick is a commission to cut the budget and cut the debt without the inconvenience of the democratic process. It’s a strange distraction from the real problem. The real...
by Robert Borosage | Dec 9, 2009 | Blog, Economy
President Obama is sensibly focused on jobs, unveiling a new initiative Tuesday in the wake of last week's White House jobs summit. Elements included everything from new infrastructure spending to "cash for caulkers," tax breaks for weatherizing homes, as...
by Eric Lotke | Dec 7, 2009 | Blog, Economy
Last week’s job’s summit focused on the fierce urgency of now. And well it should, with 18 percent unemployment and underemployment. But Obama also seemed to understand how short term needs overlap with long term goals. There’s just one sticking point. The short term...
by Bill Scher | Dec 3, 2009 | Blog, Economy
United Steelworkers President Leo Gerard sat down with OurFuture.org's Isaiah Poole to provide an inside view of the White House jobs summit. Watch it below. He noted that while there is great focus on quick action to deal with the current rise in unemployment, moving...
by Leo Gerard | Dec 3, 2009 | Blog, Economy
Can't buy me love Everybody tells me so Can't buy me love No, no, no, no From the 1964 Lennon/McCartney song, “Can’t Buy Me Love” Maybe you can’t buy love, but you can buy a job. Franklin Delano Roosevelt did it with the Works Progress Administration during the Great...
