by Leo Gerard | May 19, 2015 | Blog, Economy, Progressive Vision
Some of the biggest banks in the world are expected to plead guilty to felonies this week. Felonies! They are scandalous crimes, too: fraud and antitrust violations. Finally, America will see members of the class that crashed the economy dressed in black and white...
by Richard Eskow | May 14, 2015 | Blog, Economy
An NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll recently asked the following question: “Which concerns you more: the income gap between the wealthiest Americans and the rest of the country, or middle and working class Americans not being able to get ahead financially?” If you...
by Bill Scher | May 13, 2015 | Blog, Economy, Progressive Vision
Earlier this week, conservative New York Times columnist David Brooks argued that the re-election of British Prime Minister David Cameron, following the reelection of Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu and the Republican midterm election victory, proves that "the...
by Isaiah J. Poole | May 12, 2015 | Economy, Progressive Vision
[fve]http://youtu.be/o4GUU2yNVxc[/fve]New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks outside the Capitol on Tuesday about The Progressive Agenda to Address Income Inequality. At the National Press Club overlooking the White House and on the grounds of the Capitol,...
by Bill Scher | May 7, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, Economy
In March I asked "Are Republicans Insane Enough To Propose a Balanced Budget?" because balancing the budget in 10 years without any tax increases would mean embracing politically suicidal cuts. The answer: Yes, they are! Republicans not only proposed it, they passed...
by Isaiah J. Poole | May 5, 2015 | Economy, Tax Reform
"The effects of state tax policy on economic growth, entrepreneurship, and employment remain controversial," begins the abstract of a study of state tax policy just released by the Brookings/Urban Institute Tax Policy Center. But that's only in the same sense that the...
