by Isaiah J. Poole | Jan 27, 2015 | Jobs and Growth
In a small room inside the U.S. Capitol, Sen. Bernie Sanders today was trying to marshal support for a $1 trillion infrastructure investment bill he formally introduced today, discussing the consequences of not spending money on our roads, public transportation, water...
by Terrance Heath | Jan 27, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, Economy, Jobs and Growth
After five years of protests, demonstrations and strikes, Greek citizens voted to throw off five years of crushing austerity. Their victory has emboldened populist parties across Europe, and should inspire Americans to resist austerity here at home. The victory of...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jan 26, 2015 | Jobs and Growth, Tax Reform
There is no real argument over whether the nation needs to do more to improve its infrastructure – its transportation, water, power and information networks. But there is an argument over how best to pay for it all – and that argument is increasingly turning in a...
by Dave Johnson | Jan 23, 2015 | Blog, Climate, Jobs and Growth
In the last few days Senate Republicans have voted against everything they have promised in public to sell the Keystone pipeline. They said the pipeline is about U.S. jobs, yet they voted against U.S. steel and supplier jobs in the pipeline supply chain. They said the...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jan 16, 2015 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
A White House announcement today made it clear that progressives will be on their own in the battle to boost public investment in our public assets. The White House today announced the creation of an infrastructure bonds program designed to attract private financing...
by Dean Baker | Jan 13, 2015 | Blog, Economy, Jobs and Growth
It’s rare that a week goes by in Washington without some major conference on inequality. This usually involves some prominent people, who get six or even seven figure paychecks, speculating on why inequality has grown and what we can do about it. These exercises...
