by Isaiah J. Poole | Nov 22, 2013 | Economy
It seems so basic. Our number one priority should be doing everything we can to ensure that every American who wants a job can get one – in other words, full employment. Yet the very phrase "full employment" is treated as something that would be uttered only by...
by Thom Hartmann | Nov 21, 2013 | Economy, Financial Reform
On Tuesday, the Justice Department announced that JPMorgan has agreed to a $13 billion dollar settlement over the fraudulent sale of mortgage-backed securities. But, that settlement is a fraud in and of itself. Four billion dollars of that figure was actually part...
by Terrance Heath | Nov 20, 2013 | Conservatism, Economy
If Congress is serious about “fiscal responsibility," they should cut corporate America's "free lunch," instead of voting for even more painful cuts to food stamps. It would bring in more revenue than any pseudo-savings from cutting food stamps. Millions of Americans...
by Joshua Holland | Nov 19, 2013 | Conservatism, Economy
If you want to know why the campaign for a living wage has escalated so dramatically in the past few years, look no further than this story in The Cleveland Plain Dealer… CLEVELAND, Ohio — The storage containers are attractively displayed at the Wal-Mart on Atlantic...
by Digby | Nov 18, 2013 | Conservatism, Democracy, Economy
Jesus, just how many of these things are there? Jane Mayer introduces us to the State Policy Network: At the annual meeting, which took place in Oklahoma City this past September 24th through 27th, Sharp explained what she called The IKEA Model. She said that it...
by Thom Hartmann | Nov 15, 2013 | Economy, Making it in America, Trans-Pacific Partnership
This week, Americans got a peek behind the curtain of the Trans Pacific Partnership, and what we found is frightening. On Thursday, Wikileaks published a complete draft of the “intellectual property rights” chapter of the TPP, and it poses a serious risk to free...
