by Roger Hickey | Jan 5, 2016 | Blog, Economy, Election 2016, Progressive Vision
The Democratic presidential campaign – unlike the Republican circus – has actually produced a debate in which each candidate’s economic agenda has gotten better and more populist. But as you can see at CandidateScorecard.net, there are also big differences. Both...
by Robert Reich | Jan 4, 2016 | Blog, Economy
Economic forecasters exist to make astrologers look good, but I’ll hazard a guess. I expect the U.S. economy to sputter in 2016. That’s because the economy faces a deep structural problem: not enough demand for all the goods and services it’s capable of producing....
by Robert Reich | Dec 22, 2015 | Blog, Economy, Financial Reform
Martin Shkreli, the former hedge-fund manager turned pharmaceutical CEO who was arrested last week, has been described as a sociopath and worse. In reality, he’s a brasher and larger version of what others in finance and corporate suites do all the time. Federal...
by Dave Johnson | Dec 21, 2015 | Blog, Economy, Progressive Vision
In a country with a Constitution beginning with the words, "We the People," should our economy work for all of us instead of just a few of us? You would think it should work for We the People, but example after example shows how it is actually rigged to work for only...
by Dave Johnson | Dec 17, 2015 | Blog, Economy, Progressive Vision
“The United States has two separate banking systems today – one serving the well-to-do and another exploiting everyone else.” – Prof. Mehrsa Baradaran, author of "How the Other Half Banks." "Car title loan for $1,200.00. $300 a month interest. They are killing me and...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Dec 17, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, Economy
With Congress about to vote this week on a federal budget for the current fiscal year, perhaps we can be thankful that Tuesday's Republican presidential debate spared us extended disingenuous talk about "out-of-control government spending." Some variation of that...
