by Terrance Heath | Sep 15, 2016 | Blog, Economy, Election 2016, Jobs and Growth
There’s a lot more going on in this election than the presidential race between Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and Republican nominee Donald Trump. Borne out of the dedication and hard work of activists, ballot initiatives give citizens the opportunity to vote...
by Terrance Heath | Sep 14, 2016 | Blog, Economy, Jobs and Growth, Progressive Vision
Hillary Clinton was feeling a little woozy. On Sunday morning, after standing around for an hour and a half at the 9/11 memorial event at Ground Zero, possibly while wearing a bullet proof vest in 80 degree heat, the 68-year-old Democratic nominee felt a bit less than...
by Steve Rouzer | Sep 14, 2016 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
In the midst of slow recovery, the U.S. Census Bureau's report Tuesday showing an uptick in household incomes is music to the ears of Main Street small business owners. The report documented the first increase in median household incomes since 2007, and a 1.2 percent...
by Sam Pizzigati | Sep 13, 2016 | Blog, Financial Reform, Jobs and Growth
Peter Drucker, the internationally acclaimed founder of modern management science, lived nearly a century. He died in 2006 at age 95. He died troubled. The Austrian-born Drucker had always considered management a noble calling, a profession essential to the common...
by Dave Johnson | Sep 12, 2016 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
"Outsourcing is the smoking gun of the rigged economy." — Robert Kraig, Executive Director of Citizen Action of Wisconsin. Companies extort tax breaks and subsidies by threatening to withhold jobs. After their demands are met, they instead outsource the promised jobs....
by Dave Johnson | Sep 6, 2016 | Blog, Jobs and Growth, Trade
Before "globalism," countries kept a lot of their problems to themselves. But now they can easily spread the pain. "Free trade" is letting China disrupt the world's steel industry. China was booming. Investment in infrastructure, housing and industry was going...
