by Terrance Heath | Jul 27, 2015 | Blog, Economy, Election 2016, Progressive Vision
The stakes were high for the speech by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) to the national gathering of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on Saturday night. Sanders’ speech to the civil rights organization, whose first president was Rev....
by Dave Johnson | Jul 22, 2015 | Blog, Economy
A "sneak law" attachment to a "must-pass" bill gives sacred Native American land to a foreign mining company. How did this happen? Do you remember that "Citibank budget," where a budget bill to avert an imminent government shutdown suddenly had in it a...
by Robert Reich | Jul 20, 2015 | Blog, Economy, Financial Reform
The Greek debt crisis offers another illustration of Wall Street’s powers of persuasion and predation, although the Street is missing from most accounts. The crisis was exacerbated years ago by a deal with Goldman Sachs, engineered by Goldman’s current CEO, Lloyd...
by Donald Kaul | Jul 15, 2015 | Current Issues, Economy
I’d like to apologize to the people of Greece. I’ve been pretty hard on them over the years. I’ve made fun of their freewheeling spendthrift habits, their unwillingness to pay their taxes, and their early retirement ethos. When they were given membership in the Euro...
by Jacob Woocher | Jul 15, 2015 | Conservatism, Economy
In a major speech Monday outlining her economic policy, Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton effectively illustrated the contrast between progressive priorities and those of her conservative counterparts. In her address, Clinton focused not just on...
by Dave Johnson | Jul 9, 2015 | Blog, Economy
Republicans have shut down the Export-Import (Ex-Im) Bank as of midnight, July 1. They are touting it as a blow against "corporate welfare" and "crony capitalism." But who are the real winners here? It's certainly not us workers. Last year the bank helped finance...
