by Robert Reich | Mar 3, 2016 | Blog, Economy, Progressive Vision
Not day goes by, it seems, without the mainstream media bashing Berney Sanders’s economic plan – quoting certain economists as saying his numbers don’t add up. (The New York Times did it again just yesterday.) They’re wrong. You need to know the truth, and spread it....
by Isaiah J. Poole | Feb 29, 2016 | Economy, Election 2016
A heated debate over an analysis of presidential candidate Bernie Sanders' economic agenda continues today with dueling commentaries over whether its conclusions of phenomenal economic growth were based on an error – and whether that error discredits the entire...
by Dave Johnson | Feb 23, 2016 | Blog, Economy, Election 2016, Jobs and Growth
"When you dare to do big things, big results should be expected. The Sanders program is big, and when you run it through a standard model, you get a big result."– James K. Galbraith Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders says he wants the American people to...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Feb 19, 2016 | Economy, Election 2016
Since the seventh anniversary of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act – the "stimulus" – was this week, it was a good time to ask, "Who Do You Want In The White House When The Next Recession Comes?" On Friday, Ed Dolan, writing in Nouriel Roubini's...
by Robert Borosage | Feb 18, 2016 | Blog, Economy, Election 2016
Listening to the presidential debates would suggest that the only foreign policy challenges that the U.S. faces are ISIS, Syria and a touch of Ukraine. Accelerating catastrophic climate changes – already costing hundreds of billions in damage and destabilizing...
by Leo Gerard | Feb 16, 2016 | Blog, Economy
One percenters have it all, extra houses, extra cars, even an exclusive legal defense if they kill, “affluenza,” to keep them out of jail. But until last week, they felt unfairly denied access to the benefits of social welfare organizations, United Way, Habitat for...
