by Dean Baker | Oct 1, 2014 | Economy, Financial Reform
The big news item in Washington last week was Attorney General Eric Holder decision to resign. Undoubtedly there are positives to Holder’s tenure as attorney general, but one really big minus is his decision not to prosecute any of the Wall Street crew whose actions...
by Jasmine Tucker | Sep 30, 2014 | Blog, Economy
President Obama campaigned on an anti-war platform and has talked convincingly about moving gradually towards a world that is free of nuclear weapons, yet a new report shows that nearly half (45 percent) of the 16,300 nuclear weapons on earth belong to the United...
by John Light | Sep 30, 2014 | Conservatism, Economy, Progressive Vision
#95920158 / gettyimages.com Google Chairman Eric Schmidt attracted some attention last week when he announced that his company would no longer be funding the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a conservative think tank that pushes a big-business agenda at...
by Dave Johnson | Sep 30, 2014 | Blog, Economy, Trade
Our 2010 Reagan Revolution Home To Roost series, especially the post Reagan Revolution Home To Roost — In Charts described the beginning of the great decoupling of the American economy from the middle class. The summary: Conservative policies transformed the United...
by Robert Reich | Sep 29, 2014 | Conservatism, Economy
I was in Seattle, Washington, recently, to congratulate union and community organizers who helped Seattle enact the first $15 per hour minimum wage in the country. Other cities and states should follow Seattle’s example. Contrary to the dire predictions of opponents,...
by Sam Pizzigati | Sep 28, 2014 | Blog, Economy
What is it going to take to save the planet from environmental devastation? Sheer people power? We certainly saw that on the eve of last week’s United Nations Climate Summit in New York. Some 400,000 marchers packed the streets of Manhattan. Millions more rallied that...
