by Isaiah J. Poole | Dec 18, 2013 | Economy
For many of us on the ground, this feels a bit like the people in the ivory towers finally beginning to figure out the obvious thing that's troubling the ant-like creatures they see far below. This "duh" moment is an Associated Press survey published today based on...
by Dave Johnson | Dec 18, 2013 | Economy, Trans-Pacific Partnership
There are numerous reports that the Obama administration is getting ready to push "Fast Track" legislation in Congress. It looks like there will be a major effort to get this through. We all need to understand what this means to our wages, jobs and economy. "Fast...
by Digby | Dec 18, 2013 | Economy, Financial Reform, Progressive Vision, The Jobs Challenge
... introduces a very useful piece of legislation: Much of America – hard-working, bill-paying America – has a damaged credit rating. There are a lot of different reasons, but a lot of people just caught a bad break. They got sick. Their husband left or their wife...
by Charles McMillion | Dec 17, 2013 | Economy, Making it in America
Twenty years ago global bankers and Republicans, then-President Clinton and a few economists insisted that the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and its unprecedented “free” trade model of radical property protection and trade deregulation would be an...
by Leo Gerard | Dec 17, 2013 | Conservatism, Economy
It was a hard knock life at Christmas in 1933, and it’s a hard knock holiday 80 years later. In the musical “Annie,” set in 1933 during the Great Depression, the cast sings about it: “The children don’t grin; The Santas are thin. . . And all through the land folks are...
by Richard Eskow | Dec 16, 2013 | Economy, Progressive Vision
It’s becoming increasingly clear that, at least politically, 2014 will be “The Year of Economic Populism.” Now the question is, who gets to decide what that really means? A couple of recent policy disagreements offered us glimpses of the debates that could shape...
