by Isaiah J. Poole | Feb 1, 2013 | Making it in America
Today's Bureau of Labor Statistics unemployment report was another one reflecting a so-called "new normal" for the economy in which what borders on bad is heralded as good. Let's not be ambiguous about this. The fact that the economy created 157,000 jobs in January,...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jan 30, 2013 | Economy, Making it in America
Now that he is a freshman senator, Connecticut Democrat Chris Murphy says he plans in the coming weeks to continue the push he started as a member of the House to advance a "Make It in America" jobs agenda. That agenda includes cracking down on China's currency...
by Leo Gerard | Jan 22, 2013 | Making it in America
Oddly, the top international cyclist – Lance Armstrong – and the top international retailer –Wal-Mart – revealed last week that they have much in common. No, not doping. It’s their dopey concept of the atonement process. Armstrong, already punished for misdeeds he’d...
by Dave Johnson | Jan 15, 2013 | Making it in America, Minimum Wage
Walmart has announced an initiative to buy more American-made goods and hire more than 100,000 veterans during the next five years. This is great. Will they pay the veterans a living wage? Or will they hand them instructions on how to apply for food stamps? Walmart...
by Dave Johnson | Jan 11, 2013 | Making it in America
Washington frets about the budget deficit, which is money we owe mostly to each other and have spent on things we do for each other to make our lives better. But the trade deficit is money that actually leaves our economy, making us poorer and less able to make our...
by Dave Johnson | Nov 28, 2012 | Blog, Making it in America
In the campaign Romney and Republicans promised to crack down on China's currency manipulation on the "first day." Yesterday the Obama administration again declined to label China as a currency manipulator, giving House Repubicans the opportunity to follow through on...
